While in the past, the cost of choosing their political candidates was the financial responsibility of the political parties themselves, now the Medina administration says it will be sending to Congress an amendment to the National Budget in order to add the needed funds to the Central Electoral Board (JCE) budget.
As reported in Diario Libre, Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ramón Peralta said that the government reached the agreement with the JCE for it to cover the cost of the primaries. The primaries are scheduled for 6 October 2019. The government says the primaries will serve to test the automated voting system backed by the JCE. The primaries and the new automated voting system will cost taxpayers around RD$2.8 billion.
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Diario Libre
5 March 2019