Formerly president of the National Herrera Industries Association, Antonio Taveras Guzman launched his national campaign for a shot at a candidacy in the 2020 general election. He began symbolically, taking off in his campaign bus from the Puerta de la Misericordia, the historic gates to the Colonial City where the Dominican nationality was proclaimed on 27 February 1844.
Taveras has plans to visit the main provinces in the country to encourage citizens to unit against re-election and the damages this has historically caused to the Dominican people. His first stop will be in Espaillat province. His parents are from Moca. Next he will tour Hermanas Mirabal and San Francisco de Macoris provinces in the northeast.
He said: “The people have awakened and will mobilize in the streets of the whole country against the current regime of corruption and impunity. We are millions who think and feel the same. We are ready to tell Danilo Medina and all his partners “no to reelection”, because re-election means the continuity of robbery, crime, insecurity and the fear of walking freely through our streets and public spaces.”
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Diario Libre
14 February 2019
