The Political Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party PLD decided late on Monday night, 31 July 2017 that Ruben Maldonado, of the Leonel Fernandez faction of the PLD, would be president of the Chamber of Deputies.
The announcement honors the agreement that was signed on 7 July 2016 to guarantee the cohesion of the party. Then it was decided that Lucia Medina, sister of President Danilo Medina, would serve a first year, then in August 2017, she would hand the presidency to Fernandez supporter, Ruben Maldonado. Maldonado in 2018 would pass the role to another Danilo Medina supporter, Radhamés Camacho. On the final year of the Medina administration, the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies would go to Demóstenes Martínez, a follower of former President Fernandez.
Maldonado begins his presidency of the Chamber of Deputies when the legislature reopens on 16 August 2017.
1 August 2017
