1999News

Dominicans on police chief and the JCE

El Siglo newspaper publishes today results of a Penn, Schoen & Berland poll whereby most Dominicans say they feel the National Police has improved under Police Chief Pedro de Jesús Candelier. 58% feel the Police has improved under Candelier. More so, the general perception of 65% of residents is that crime has increased in the past year. Furthermore, 67% say they trust the work of the Junta Central Electoral, the government body in charge of organizing the presidential election of 16 May 2000.