President Danilo Medina’s followers within the ruling PLD are claiming victory in the election of new party Central Committee members, which took place on Sunday, 12 January.
According to the initial bulletin Medina’s supporters obtained 25 out of the 37 posts available, with the director of the National Institute of Drinking Water and Sewers (Inapa) Alberto Holguin, receiving the highest number of votes so far. Medina supporters who are on the list of the top 37 votes for the posts include Miguel Mercedes and Robert de la Cruz, who work directly with the President.
With only 7.17% of the votes counted, media reports suggest that many party members started to become annoyed that the Commission has been announcing the winners without having counted 100% of the votes. As a result, 100 candidates have signed a document asking for a full count.
However, the commission president, Cesar Pina Toribio, assured party members that the results reflected the votes and that all the votes would eventually be counted. The results below are from the first bulletin.
www.diariolibre.com/noticias/2014/01/13/i437841_danilistas-arrasan-primer-boletn-elecciones-nacionales-para-comit-central.html
www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2014/1/14/306816/Cien-candidatos-al-CC-del-PLD-reclaman-cuenten-todos-los-votos