Antonio Espín, candidate to vice mayor of Santo Domingo, on the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC) ballot, is advocating that the citizens of Santo Domingo demand responsibility from the next mayor of Santo Domingo. Some 2.7 million people live in the National District (Santo Domingo) which has an area of 200 square kilometers. While the territory of Santo Domingo is only 0.5% of the total of the Dominican Republic, 33% of the people of the country live in the capital city. Espín says that projections show that by year 2025, 50% of the nation’s population will live in the capital. He said that it is crucial that decisions be taken now to ready the city for the projected growth.
