2004 – Page 167

Participacion Ciudadana, the civic movement that had over 6,000 people monitoring the election, produced an accurate quick vote count as the polling stations closed on Sunday. These results were released after the JCE count came in, but are very close, showing their reliability. The PC count showed the PLD with 56.58%, the PRD with 33.73% …

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The PRD?s political commission yesterday chose to oust former PRD leader Hatuey Decamps and three of his followers from the party?s ranks. Vicente Sanchez Baret, director of Customs Bureau during the Mejia administration, and PRD party president, made the announcement. By a vote of 55-5, the PRD expelled Decamps, Felipa Gomez, Henry Mejia and Priamo …

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President Mejia has delegated to President-elect Fernandez the representation of the Dominican Republic at the Third European Union Latin American Summit meeting to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico at the end of this month. President Mejia communicated his decision directly to Santiago Murray, the chief observer for the OAS. Murray, on the other hand, praised …

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As the controversial legal advisor to President Hipolito Mejia for the majority of his time in government, Guido Gomez Mazara has dedicated these past months to securing votes for his boss in the eastern region of the country. ?We were defeated by the economic situation; the supermarket beat us,? he said on the overwhelming PRD …

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All throughout his presidency, President Hipolito Mejia has proudly touted the fact that he is from Gurabo, a small town north of the city of Santiago de los Caballeros. This time around, however, Gurabo voted for Fernandez, who won with 46% compared to 36% for Mejia and 15% for Estrella. In the province of Santiago, …

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The PRSC party that failed to carry a single province in the results of Sunday?s voting was lambasted by certain party leaders who called for a complete renovation of its leadership. Hector Rodriguez Pimentel, speaking at a meeting of PRSC executives, called for a housecleaning to begin the process necessary to restore political viability.

El Caribe publishes an interview today with Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, one of the key figures in Sunday?s elections because of his resounding comments made during a nationally televised news conference from the pressroom of the Central Electoral Board (JCE). Amid suspicions, rumors and reports of incident, and faced with political and diplomatic pressures to …

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Government employees now fear losing their jobs with the change of government to take place on 16 August. According to Hoy newspaper, sadness, resignation and uncertainty are the dominant feelings among most of those listed on the public payroll. ?We are all crestfallen,? said one of the employees of the Ministry of Agriculture, where neither …

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Yesterday dozens of people visited the Presidential Palace to commiserate with or congratulate President Mejia. Among them was a delegation from the CONEP, the National Council of Private Business, which was headed by the group?s leader, Elena Viyella de Paliza, an oftentimes opponent of the President and the object of some of his most pointed …

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The president of the Plan Renove, Fabio Ruiz, announced that the Mejia government will proceed with the scheme to secure a US$10-million foreign loan to finance the purchase of motorcycles. The plan to make 100,000 motorcycles available at installments of RD$30 a day to those with links to the PRD government has been controversial. Antonio …

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