1996 – Page 69

Sources from the Dominican Foreign Ministry have told the newspaper Hoy that an agreement is ready to be signed with the United States that would permit automobiles stolen in that country and exported to the D.R. to be returned. Last year, a considerable number of luxury cars, which had been stolen in the state of …

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Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, on his Fe y Acontecer program on Televida, the Catholic Church channel, asked Dominicans to turn out en masse to vote on 16 May. Cardinal López Rodríguez favors the change in the electoral law whereby the president of the nation is elected by the vote of the majority. “We …

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A poll carried out by the Chilean firm, Martínez y Salcedo Consultores, at the request of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, shows PRD candidate José Francisco Peña Gómez in the lead by 47.6% against the 29.4 percent of Leonel Fernández and 18.4 percent of Jacinto Peynado. The same survey shows that Peña Gómez would win the …

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President Balaguer campaigned in Herrera, last week, where there is a population of some 230,000 and announced the construction of a 250 bed general hospital. While he was campaigning without his party’s candidate, Jacinto Peynado, the President said he was not actually campaigning but, rather, supporting his party, the PRSC. Dr. Balaguer showed up in …

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Leonel Fernández, presidential candidate for the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, has asked that President Balaguer abstain from announcing new public works and committing the government in new areas. President Balaguer on the campaign trail in Herrera announced the construction of a 250 bed hospital in that suburb. He also announced the construction of a …

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While President Balaguer has not campaigned with Jacinto Peynado, he participated in a major campaign rally with Maribel Gasso last week in Bonao, following the opening of a RD$30 million housing project. The Reformistas exhibited posters and campaign materials in support of the PRSC presidential candidate, Jacinto Peynado. The press has pointed out how Maribel …

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The three principal presidential candidates agree that the decentralization of the state, and the strengthening of the municipalities should be contemplated in a reform of the Constitution to improve the living conditions of the population. The three candidates, Jacinto Peynado, Leonel Fernández and José Francisco Peña Gómez spoke at the Encuentro sobre Gobernabilidad, Descentralización y …

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Leonel Fernández said on television last week that the votes he needs to win in the first round of the election will come from the supporters of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano. He said that “many Reformistas do not like the way Jacinto Peynado is carrying out his campaign and could rather vote in his …

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Last week, while campaigning in the western province of San Juan de la Maguana, Leonel Fernández said that if José Francisco Peña Gómez wins the election, he will divide the Dominican family. He said that between 37 and 40 percent of the Dominican electorate rejects his candidature. “I say that at times when this country …

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Jaime David Fernández, vice presidential candidate of the PLD, has accepted the invitation by Maribel Gassó, the vice presidential candidate for the PRSC, to a debate. Fernando Alvarez Bogaert, vice presidential candidate of the PRD, has not answered “the invitation of a lady,” as Maribel put her challenge to her fellow vice presidential candidates to …

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