In the months leading to the presidential and congressional elections in the Dominican Republic, political campaigns littered the city with billboards and other propaganda. Now that the election is over, yet most of the propaganda remains in place. The Omar Fernandez National District senator campaign management may be the exception and announced removing his propaganda.
Cities are full of propaganda from the municipal election in 18 February and the presidential and congressional election candidates of 19 May 2024.
Diario Libre reports that with the elections over, the political parties have not removed the propaganda that causes visual contamination in cities and towns.
Article 181 of Law 20-23 of Electoral Propaganda, orders that the political parties remove the propaganda, but there are no penalties.
There has been the suggestion that the Central Electoral Board, that provided the four major political parties with upwards of RD$1 billion for their campaigns in 2024, deduct the cost of removing the propaganda from the regular funds allotment the political parties receive from taxpayer funds.
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Diario Libre
4 June 2024