1996 – Page 103

Jacobo Majluta, a former president of the country and presidential candidate for the PRD in the 1986 election, announced he is giving the support of his political organization to the candidacy of José Francisco Peña Gómez and his running mate. Lic. Majluta is affected by health problems, the details of which he has not disclosed …

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Last week, Jose Francisco Peña Gómez met the students of the Colegio del Apostolado, a renowned girl’s school in Santo Domingo. He arrived at the school accompanied by José Antonio Najri and Hugo Tolentino Dipo. He was received by a committee made up of Milagros Ortiz Bosch, Johnny Ventura, Ivelisse Prats, Franklin Franco, Federico Ginebra, …

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As to trade, he said he would strive to help businesses lower production costs, by eliminating taxes on raw materials, providing lower cost financing through an institution that would support small and medium size companies. He also favors a unified exchange rate. Referring to the state electricity corporation, the CDE, he said he would see …

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Ubaldo Guzmán Molina in a political commentary for the newspaper Hoy reports that the campaigns of the three principal presidential candidates PRD, PLD and PRSC have been carried out in a very professional way, free from low blows, and primarily responding to marketing criteria. He explains this is because the organizations are relying on trained …

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The Seventh Convention of the Partido Liberal La Estructura unanimously declared Jacinto Peynado as its presidential candidate for the 16 May. Present at the event was the Vice President of Nicaragua, Julia Mena Rivera, who is also vice president of the Partido Liberal in that Central American nation. Key members of the PRSC were also …

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The president of the JCE announced that an advertising campaign will begin on 1 February to instruct voters about the new system for the election. The campaign will explain the new second round of voting in the event where no single candidate wins 50% + 1 of the votes cast in the first round, the …

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The presidential candidate for the PRSC, Jacinto Peynado, called the statement by Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez that he plans to choose senator Eduardo Estrella as his running mate a fable. Dr Peña has said that with that choice, the PRSC would be prejudicing Cesar Estrella Sadhallá, the president of the JCE, who is Eduardo’s …

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The presidential candidate for the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano (PRSC), Jacinto Peynado, has appointed the president of the Senate, Amable Aristy Castro, as chief of his campaign in the eastern provinces of La Altagracia, La Romana and El Seibo. In El Seibo he will work together with senator Julio de Beras de la Cruz, Manuel …

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The Junta Central Electoral reminded political parties that they have until 16 March to register their presidential and vice presidential candidates, to conform with the Electoral Law. The presidential candidates for the PRSC and the PLD are, however, expected to choose their running mates much before that date. The PRSC statutes leaves the choice of …

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Dr. Leonel Fernández, the presidential candidate for the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, described his adversary from the PRD, José Francisco Peña Gómez, as a “political fossil,” who has let his opportunities for becoming President of the Republic slip past him. He said that Dr Peña let go good opportunities in the elections of 1982, …

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