Dolores Vicioso – Page 8093

Anisia Risi, the former director of customs who was accused of being a party to defrauding the State of over RD$1,000 million, sent to jail for several months and then freed, made the newspaper headlines again, reminding Dominicans that she is in town and enjoying her alleged new found wealth. A Santo Domingo court examined …

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The PLD presidential candidate, Leonel Fernández, said on television last week that corruption costs the nation RD$30 thousand million every year. In a speech on television he explained his four point anti-corruption program. He said that first he would seek to develop loyalty among public officers, whereby the state recognizes and awards their work in …

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The widow of Jacobo Majluta, the late presidential candidate for the Partido Revolucionario Independiente, has joined the political campaign and will support José Francisco Peña Gómez for the presidency. Mrs. Elisa Villanueva viuda Majluta participated in a campaign rally with Peggy Cabral de Peña, the wife of José Francisco Peña Gómez and Hortensia Méndez de …

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According to an opinion poll carried out by the Venezuelan firm Emevenca, published in Rumbo last week, the presidential candidate of the PRD leads with 47% of voters supporting him. The poll was carried out between 16 March and 3 April. Leonel Fernández of the PLD is in second place with 34%, and Jacinto Peynado …

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According to another poll, carried out by Penn and Schoen of the United States, the first round will have a very close finish. The company indicated on Wednesday, 10 April, that if the election were held today, the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano and the Acuerdo de Santo Domingo would obtain 42% of the vote, followed by …

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Congress is having trouble in obtaining a quorum for its sessions as many of its members are out campaigning. On Tuesday, the session had to be canceled because out of a total of 120 deputies, only 43 showed up. The same occurred for the senators, of which only 18 arrived, 13 for the PRSC and …

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The Proyecto de Apoyo a las Iniciativas Democráticas (PID), which is sponsored by the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), has invested RD$52 million to finance efforts to strengthen democracy in the country. Licenciado Radhamés Mejía, vice rector of the PUCMM, said that the PID has made disbursements in favor of 70 programs and …

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Victor Grimaldi, General Controller of the nation, announced on Wednesday, 10 April, that he will introduce a system to value government property, because, he said, there are people interested in looting it. He said that the plan is to immediately begin an inventory of government property, ranging from the infrastructure including highways, bridges, schools, hospitals, …

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Leonel Fernández, presidential candidate for the PLD, will be the first politician to speak at the round of presidential luncheons sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce from the 17 to 30 April at the Gran Hotel Lina. José Francisco Peña Gómez of the PRD is scheduled to speak next, on the 23 April, and …

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The former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, is expected in Santo Domingo on 22 April. He participated as an observer in the 1990 election following an invitation by the then president of the JCE, Froilán Tavares. He will visit on behalf of the Carter Institute to seek information on the Dominican electoral process. He will not …

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