2019 – Page 58

Former President Leonel Fernández announced he will seek the presidency for the Partido La Fuerza del Pueblo in the May 2020 election. In his speech on Sunday, 20 October 2019 in the evening, Fernández said he is leaving the party because the government has become spiteful and vengeful. “It is a government that harasses, that …

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As part of the political division within the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Dominican ambassador to Cuba Joaquín Gerónimo Berroa presented his resignation to President Danilo Medina. The outcome of the 6 October 2019 primary aggravated the divide in the PLD. As reported, the diplomat resigned in a letter to the President on Thursday, 17 …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) explained that Saturday, 19 October 2019 was the deadline for the closing of registrations on the voters’ list, as well as the closing of services offered in foreign offices, both for electoral purposes. The electoral agency said that 25 October is the deadline for the registration at the JCE of …

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The presidential candidate of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Luis Abinader announced over the weekend alliances with the Social Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRSD) for the presidential election in 2020. On Sunday, 20 October 2019, he met with Luis Miguel de Camps of the PRSD. The PRSD was founded when PRD party member, the late Hatuey …

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The largest opposition party Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) announced alliances with Frente Amplio for the candidacy of businessman Antonio Taveras Guzman for senator for the Santo Domingo province. The PRM also announced an alliance to register engineer Eduardo Estrella of Dominicans for Change (DxC) political party as senator to the province of Santiago. Taveras was …

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Judge Ramón Arístides Madera Arias of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) blasted the performance of the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) in the organization and follow up of the 6 October 2019 primaries. In a dissident vote to the TSE decision to publish the results of the primary, Madera Arias affirmed that “carelessness, …

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Members of the National Business Council visited the Central Electoral Board (JCE) and met with the judges. The business representatives expressed their interest and concern with what is happening, primarily declarations of widespread fraud in the primary. As reported in Diario Libre, the business people met for around two hours with the board. At the …

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The Metro Office announced the Santo Domingo skylift that crosses over the Ozama River to connect with the Metro will shut down for maintenance works over the Constitution Day long weekend. Constitution Day runs on 6 November. This year the holiday will be celebrated on Monday, 4 November. The maintenance will be carried out Saturday, …

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Anyone trying to visit the eastern end of the Dominican Republic is faced with the task of having to drive through Greater Santo Domingo. The city of some two or three million presents colossal traffic jams, nearing gridlock at peak hours, and can temper any desire to travel to the East. Even farmers fear the …

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The Executive Branch submitted to the National Congress a draft loan with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for US$400 million to finance the Program for Sustainability and Efficiency of the Electrical Sector II. According to the “Technical Cooperation Abstract” of loan contract number 4649-OC-DR, the beneficiary entity of this loan would be the Dominican Corporation …

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