1996 – Page 89

A survey carried out by the Proyecto para el Apoyo de las Iniciativas Democráticas, a program principally sponsored by the AID and operated under the auspices of the PUCMM and into which the controversial Red de Observadores falls, revealed that 46% of Dominicans consider it is not the role of the Catholic Church to intervene …

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Jacobo Majluta’s remains arrived home on Tuesday, 5 March. President Balaguer under decree 92-96 ordered three days of official mourning starting on Monday, 4 March. Dr Balaguer said that Mr Majluta “was one of the prominent leaders that grew out of the present democratic process of the country which began in 1961.” President Balaguer presided …

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The selection of Leonel Fernández’s running mate has been a most difficult task for the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana and it is leaving the choice until the last minute. It was said that Dr Fernández was asked to choose three candidates and that the party would decide upon the one to be finally selected. …

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Meanwhile Jacinto Peynado seems to be delegating the responsibility of choosing the PRSC’s vice presidential candidate to President Balaguer. “I have asked President Balaguer to help me choose the vice presidential candidate because he is the president of the party and a person to whom I owe loyalty and respect,” Jacinto Peynado said last week. …

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According to a report by Tulio Navarette in the Listín Diario only three new parties and political groups have been recognized for the May election by the Junta Central Electoral, given the new rulings. The deadline for new groups was 4 September 1995. The new legal requirements demand that parties or municipal movements seeking recognition …

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According to statistics from the JCE, the voting will be divided evenly between men and women. Of the estimated population, i.e. 7,089,041 inhabitants, females number 3.537,347 and males 3,551,694.. Of that total, 3,967,312 are over 18 years and able to vote. Most voters are concentrated in: Santo Domingo 1,242,519 Santiago 405,899 San Cristobal 220,569 La …

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The Junta Central Electoral has officially recognized the alliances of the PRD and the PRSC in resolutions issued last week. The JCE has recognized the agreements signed by the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano and nine other political organizations for the next election. These are the alliances of the PRD with the Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos …

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The Gallup-Rumbo Magazine poll carried out between 18-23 February throughout the country, which is recognized as the most impartial of the opinion polls and has a good track record at forecasting election results, indicates that José Francisco Peña Gómez, the presidential candidate for the PRD and the Acuerdo de Santo Domingo minority party coalition, gained …

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According to an analysis of the Gallup/Rumbo poll carried out by the weekly magazine, a majority of Dominicans, 50%, believe that José Francisco Peña Gómez will receive the most votes in May, but 54% are convinced that it will be the presidential candidate of the PLD, Leonel Fernández, who will win the election in the …

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The Partido de la Liberación Dominicana chose Senator Jaime David Fernández Mirabal, from Salcedo, as Leonel Fernández’s running mate. By coincidence, the two have the same last name. The senator for Salcedo, a north central province, was chosen by an absolute majority of the members of the central committee. Jaime David Fernández Mirabal is one …

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