The general public is invited to the presentation by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (Flacso) and Participación Ciudadana civic society groups of the recently published UNDP report on democracy in the Dominican Republic.
The “Informe de la Calidad Democrática de República Dominicana” will be analyzed by experts at the Flacso offices at Calle José Joaquín Pérez 106, Gazcue, Santo Domingo. The presentation is scheduled for 6pm on Wednesday, 24 April 2019. For more information, Call 809 686-3664.
Flacso is an inter-governmental autonomous organization for Latin America and the Caribbean dedicated to research, teaching and spreading of social sciences.
Guillermo Moreno of Al Pais is covering the report in a series for Diario Libre’s editorial page. In his commentary on Monday, 22 April 2019, the former National District prosecutor and former presidential candidate for Al Pais, observes the country ranked on the bottom 20 of 24 countries analyzed in Latin America and the Caribbean with regards to political rights and the electoral system. Regarding rule of law, the report points to great institutional weakness in the country and the stagnating of institutional reforms. “The UNDP report is a x-ray presenting in the raw the low quality of Dominican democracy,” he writes. He praises the report for having organized many of the disperse references on the subject and having documented, comparatively and in an integral way, the present situation.
Read the report:
Informe Calidad Demoratica
Diario Libre
23 April 2019