The moment for all Dominicans to unite has come to overcome the current crisis caused by the spread of Covid-19, said President-elect Luis Abinader, upon receiving his certificate as the President of the Dominican Republic for the 2020-2024 term.
“Now is the time for unity among all Dominicans. We need to replace individual political differences with the collective interest of the Dominican Republic,” he said. “That is my commitment, to work to unite and never to divide,” he said after congratulating all political parties for participating “in a difficult campaign that forced us to leave the streets to communicate by virtual means.”
Abinader highlighted the transition work that he is coordinating with outgoing President Danilo Medina to ensure that there is continuity of state in the policies that will provide a reactivation of the Dominican economy in the current circumstances.
The Central Electoral Board’s (JCE) final tally showed that Luis Abinader, of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), received 2,154,828 votes (52.29%) and the ruling Dominican Liberation Party’s Gonzalo Castillo (PLD) received 1,536,989 votes, ( 37.46%). Leonel Fernández, running for the Social Christian Reformist (PRSC) and the People’s Force (FP) and allies parties, obtained 365,212 votes (8.90%). Guillermo Moreno, from Alianza País, obtained 39,457 votes for 0.96%; Ismael Reyes from the Institutional Democratic Party (PDI) obtained 3,481 for 0.08%, and Juan Cohen, from the National Citizen’s Will Party, registered 3,246 votes for 0.08%.
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El Caribe
16 July 2020