2016 – Page 51

In its seventh bulletin, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) reports that with 81% of the votes counted, President Danilo Medina of the PLD and allies have maintained the lead with 61.61% of the vote (2,297,813 votes). This includes 50.21% for the PLD itself. Luis Abinader of the PRM and allies followed with 35.22% of the …

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PRM presidential candidate Luis Abinader conceded defeat to President Danilo Medina of the ruling PLD yesterday, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 before denouncing a series of alleged irregularities during the election process. At the time of his statement, Bulletin 6 of the JCE showed President Danilo Medina winning with 61.65% of the vote to 35.29% of …

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Civil society group Participacion Ciudadana (PC) has issued its third and last report following its coverage of the elections held on Sunday, 16 May 2016 with 2,723 volunteers acting as observers throughout the country. PC states that there were only minor differences between the manual count and the electronic count on the presidential level n …

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Mayor Roberto Salcedo has congratulated David Collado, who ran for the PRM and the PRSC, for his victory after winning the National District. Salcedo said he was open to sharing his experience during the years he has been in post. Salcedo was in the post for 14 years. In a public letter, Salcedo also congratulated …

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The head of the Organization of American States (OAS) electoral observers mission, former President of Colombia Andres Pastrana says that it there is an urgent need to pass an electoral law to promote equality in the distribution of public finances and limit the funds provided by the private sector. He said a law would strengthen …

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Work has begun this week for the removal of political propaganda in Santo Domingo. Victor (Ito) Bisono of the PRSC, campaign director for mayor-elect of the National District David Collado (PRM + PRSC) set the example by removing his own. The work to remove the propaganda began the day after the election, Monday 16 May …

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Despite losing the flagship National District municipality, the ruling PLD and allies are leading by a wide margin in legislative and municipal elections nationwide. According to reports, the PLD will win at least 27 of 32 senate seats and at least 110 city halls. Nevertheless, there are also reports of vote count disputes in the …

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On its Facebook page, Somos Pueblo points out that the totals reported in some of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) bulletins do not add up correctly. Acento.com.do follows up on the report and shares some of the apparent errors with its readers. http://acento.com.do/2016/especiales/8349499-conteo-manual-vs-la-divulgacion-del-escrutinio-electronico-las-elecciones-2/

The Santo Domingo Corporation of Aqueducts and Sewers (CAASD) has announced that it supplied between 413 and 415 million gallons of drinking water last week, a record for the institution. CAASD director general Alejandro Montas said that all aqueducts are operating normally and had good levels of water leading to this historic water production level. …

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The National Statistics Office (ONE) reported yesterday, Tuesday 17 May 2016, that the petroleum and petroleum by-product imports (FOB values) for 2015 were US$2.69 billion, down US$1.36 billion or 33.6% compared to 2014 when imports reached US$4.05 billion. The decline allowed for an overall drop in imports of 2.3%, which benefited the balance of payments. …

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