Running for the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Alfredo Rafael (Junior) Peralta Ventura Peralta, the incumbent mayor of Nagua, the most important city in the northeastern province of Maria Trinidad Sanchez, accomplished the feat of being reelected for a second time. He will now begin his third term as mayor of the city that has a population of 117,565. Peralta won with a high 60% of the vote.
Peralta was the youngest mayor ever elected in Nagua when he first won in 2016 when he was 38 years old.
El Dia reports that Peralta has received the support of the province’s senators from multiple parties. These have included Héctor Capellán of the Reformist Party, (90-94), Jesús Vásquez of the PRD, (94-2010), Aristides Victoria Yeb of the PLD (2010-2020) and current senator Alexis Victoria Yeb of the PRM.
Seven of the last eight former deputies of the province from different parties also supported him and likewise, the last mayors who led the city council from 1990 to 2016.
Peralta also has obtained the support of all the former governors of the different parties that have led the government institution representing the different governments since 1990.
He is a systems engineer. Indeed, Peralta began his career in politics at 16 when he ran the computer school with the support of then Maria Trinidad Sanchez senator Jesús Antonio (Chu) Vásquez Martínez. The office trained young people in computer skills. Vasquez Martinez is today Minister of Interior and Police in the Abinader administration.
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Nagua city government
21 February 2024