1996 – Page 60

A report in the newspaper Hoy indicates that from November 1995 to May 1996, nine national and foreign companies have made known the partial results of opinion polls on the voters’ preferences. This makes this election the one with the most such polls, not taking into account the large number that have not been made …

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On Wednesday, 9 May, Jacinto Peynado said that if he is elected he will be able to act with independence and in the best interests of the nation, as he will be able to form a government without ties and prior commitments. He said, “We have no ties with business interests, have not offered them …

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The presidential candidate of the PRD, José Francisco Peña Gómez, accused the PLD of having a pact with President Balaguer and accepting gifts such as apartments, public works contracts, and positions at the head of the Chamber of Deputies. Speaking on his radio program Tribuna Democrática, Dr Peña Gómez said that Balaguer money has infiltrated …

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Leonel Fernández says, according to a report in El Caribe that Dr Peña Gómez’s ambivalence, over whether there will be an election or there is a conspiracy to stop it, introduces an element of conflict that generates a state of instability. “I emphatically state that the candidates have been able to move freely within the …

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President Balaguer has been campaigning for his Partido Reformista Social Cristiano by handing out RD$100 notes. During his stay in Santiago, newspapers reported that long lines formed in front of his house at 51 Máximo Gómez where his personal assistant, Anibal Paez, was seen to have given RD$100 notes to those in the queue. People …

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President Balaguer brought back his old campaign theme when participating in a major rally in Santiago and calling for Dominicans to vote on 16 May for the people, for Dominicans, and for the continuation of the works that have permitted the development of the nation. He also had strong criticism for foreign intervention in national …

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In a major rally held in Santiago de los Caballeros, the second largest city of the Dominican Republic, on Saturday, 4 May, President Joaquín Balaguer said that the former president of Colombia, Rómulo Betancur, raised matters beyond his responsibility as an observer of a national election. President Balaguer said that Mr Betancur spoke of the …

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The PRD decided to take advantage of the Haitian issue, and turn it into a rally for “morenos and morenas”, a soft connotation for black people, to vote for the party, as they were being shunned by the PLD. In an advertisement, the PRD states: “To the morenos and morenas of the country. No matter …

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Leonel Fernández, was reported in El Caribe last week as disregarding the statement made by his principal contender, José Francisco Peña Gómez, the presidential candidate of the PRD, in a political rally held in Santiago, that the election will decide whether low born men such as himself have the right to reach the presidency of …

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Last week, the former judge of the Junta Central Electoral and present president of the Academia Dominicana de la Historia, Dr Julio Genaro Campillo Pérez, said that he has established that the parents of José Francisco Peña Gómez were Dominicans. He said that they were Ogis Vicente and María Marcelino, who in the 1930s resided …

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