1996 – Page 83

The day after the fund raising dinner, President Balaguer met Leonel Fernández, the PLD presidential candidate. The press has speculated on several occasions that Leonel Fernández is funded by the so-called “anillo palaciego,” or the Balaguer clique that has held power for many years and would like to retain it, and have their interests left …

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By meeting Leonel Fernández last week, President Balaguer, in effect made him an accomplice and a part in his mastery of the Dominican psyche and the press. Commenting on the matter, the newspaper Hoy in its Friday, 22 March edition said that: “Dr Balaguer is not a candidate. He cannot be reelected. But he knows …

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Vice President Jacinto Peynado met President Balaguer for ten minutes, just five minutes after the latter received the presidential candidate of the PLD, Leonel Fernández. Upon leaving the meeting, Jacinto Peynado said that he is a realistic man with his feet on the ground. He explained that he visited the President to inform him that …

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Dressed in red, in her first appearance as the vice presidential candidate for the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC), Maribel Gassó said she trusted that the party will win the election with the votes of women and the young people of the country. During a political rally in San Cristóbal, Maribel Gassó spoke of the …

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Jose Francisco Peña Gómez, presidential candidate for the PRD and the Acuerdo de Santo Domingo, said that the next government that is born of the May election should put an end to centering all matters on the President, which has been so much a part of Dr Balaguer’s governing style. He suggested that it will …

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Despite the weakening of the PRSC, political analysts concur that those who have voted for the PRSC in the past will decide the 1996 election. This is a double bladed weapon, however, as Jacinto Peynado must come out of this conflict as a strong option for the party in the year 2000. While the PRSC …

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The former mayor of Santo Domingo, Rafael Corporán de los Santos, said that he, like Dr Balaguer, is blind and mute and does not want to talk about the problem of refuse in Santo Domingo. Refuse collection in Santo Domingo has been contracted to a subsidiary of a former British company, Attwoods, now owned by …

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The Partido Reformista Social Cristiano was the last party to register its presidential and vice presidential candidate for the forthcoming election. The PRSC registered Jacinto Peynado as its presidential and María Isabel Gassó Diez as its the vice presidential candidates. The Partido Liberal (La Estructura) and the Partido Demócrata Popular are allied with the PRSC, …

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The president of the Junta Central Electoral, Dr César Estrella Sadhalá, said that any person nominated for a vice presidential or presidential candidate can be substituted by another, unless it happens shortly before the election, when his name will already be on the ballot. He explained that the substitution should be announced on the day …

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For the first time, the political parties have not resorted to the requesting of vehicle exonerations as a way of financing their political campaigns. So far, as reported in the Listín Diario, no political party has requested exonerations as had been the tradition in the past. The Listín reporter, Santos Aquino Rubio, speculated that if …

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