2010 – Page 212

With its sweep in Congress, the ruling PLD party will now have full control of the National Council of Magistrates (CNM), reports El Dia. The newspaper explains that this means the ruling party will now choose the Supreme Court judges who will replace the ones retiring because of age, regardless of who wins the presidential …

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This time he promises to take the Senate seat. Amable Aristy Castro, who running on the PRSC ticket in the past presidential election cost the party its recognition by the JCE due to the low vote he received nationwide, has proved he is king in his home province of La Altagracia. This is the third …

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PLD dissident Gilberto Serulle, running on the PRD ticket in the Santiago mayoral election, has blocked Santiago Mayor Jose Enrique Sued from winning a third term in the post. Serulle initially sought to run on the PLD ticket, but the ruling party’s political committee preferred to continue with the PRSC alliance. In the end, an …

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For the first time ever the PRD has failed to win a single Senate seat. Political analysts attribute the poor showing in the congressional and municipal election to the almost non-existent opposition the party under its president Miguel Vargas Maldonado has exercised since losing the presidency in 2004. The opposition party was weakened further when …

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In a press conference on the results of the congressional and municipal election, PRD president Miguel Vargas focused on the positive outcomes for his party. He said the PRD had made gains in the election and that preliminary figures showed that the party had obtained 78 deputy seats, or 15% more than in 2006. He …

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The Administrative Chamber of the Central Electoral Board says that the abstention rate in the congressional and municipal election was 42%. 58% of the population voted, said Roberto Rosario, president of the Administrative Chamber. He said this is at the same level as in the previous legislative and municipal election in 2006. He said annulled …

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The Organization of American States observers mission says that the abstention rate in the 2010 municipal and congressional election was 65%, not 42% as announced by Roberto Rosario, president of the Administrative Chamber of the Central Electoral Board (JCE). Moreover, the OAS mission also differs from the JCE in that it says that there were …

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A multi-vehicle collision occurred on the Duarte Highway in Villa Altagracia, 43 kms from the center of Santo Domingo on Monday, 17 May. Four people were injured, some seriously. As reported in Listin Diario, the accident occurred when a freight truck driving at excessive speed from north to south impacted several vehicles. The pile-up caused …

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District prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso Segarra has separated Friday’s murder of Ruben Soto Hayet from the case of fugitive Puerto Rican drug baron Jose Figueroa Agosto. Soto had appeared as a purchaser of one of the companies that the Puerto Rican had used to purchase property in the DR, as reported in Hoy. There have been …

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The Meteorological Department (Onamet) says that three weather fronts will bring rains to the country. Rainfall will be more frequent in the north, northeast, southeast and central mountain range areas through Friday. High humidity will be accompanied by high temperatures. Cloudy skies are forecast for Santo Domingo with rain in the afternoon.