The former district attorney for the National District, José Manuel Hernandez Peguero, called on the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) to select former President Leonel Fernandez as their candidate in the presidential elections in 2020. What makes this news interesting is the fact that Hernandez Peguero, the technical delegate of the PLD at the Central Electoral Board (JCE), is also a former judge on the Superior Electoral Tribunal that is charged with rendering decisions concerning election results or processes.
According to the former judge, the quick proclamation of Fernandez as the party’s candidate would unify the party and avoid useless confrontations. He said: “The government has polls that show the former President at above 50% in the preferences of the national electorate and this is more than sufficient for us to be convinced of the election triumph guaranteed by the President of the PLD.”
Hernandez Peguero also noted that once Fernandez is nominated as their presidential candidate, the PLD can then get on with the process of choosing more than 4,000 party members, allies and sympathizers to be placed on the municipal and congressional ballots.
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El Nacional
30 August 2018
