2020 – Page 231

After the cancelation of the municipal election on 16 February 2020 following an e-voting glitch, the rescheduled extraordinary municipal elections set for 15 March are the most monitored in the history of the Dominican Republic. All eyes are on the process. The general outrage at the abortion of the election is expected to motivate young …

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The chief of the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS), Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle arrived this Wednesday, 11 March 2020 to participate in the extraordinary municipal elections of this Sunday, 15 March 2020. Frei is a former President of Chile. He had headed the mission that observed the aborted 16 February election. …

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Public schools and universities become polling places every four years for the general elections. On the occasion of the extraordinary municipal election set for Sunday, 15 March 2020, the Ministry of Education called for public schools to close so that the set up of the voting equipment can be carried out on Friday and Saturday …

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The ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) have given the green light to the choosing of either 41-year old Jonathan Baró or 72-year old Gisela Cueto for electoral prosecutor. The prosecutor would be named by the Public Ministry Council in time for the municipal election this Sunday, 15 March 2020. …

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The representatives of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) refused to accept the proposal of the main opposition party, the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) to relocate the heads of the Military Electoral Police assigned to polling stations nationwide. The PRM had made the request arguing that in the 16 February election, the military had intervened …

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The Alliance for Democracy (APD) party on Tuesday, 11 March 2020 deposited a request for the JCE to mark as “observed” the vote of 277,630 new voters of more than 25 years that were listed on the official electoral roll. The political party suspects that the adding of three to eight voters equally throughout the …

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The United States annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices was unusually extensive and comprehensive this year with 27 pages in its Executive Summary alone. The report looks into the lack of independence of the judiciary, the failed prosecution of the Odebrecht US$92 million bribery scandal and violations to rights of journalists. The report remarks …

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The Migration Agency (DGM) announced that foreigners interested in extending their stays in the country can now do so online at the agency website. A form needs to be filled out and scanned documents sent. These include passport, return airline ticket and copy of the stamp of the last entrance. The system will generate an …

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Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas reported on Wednesday, 11 March 2020 that the tests carried out on people suspect of carrying the coronavirus have all been negative. These include people who were in isolation, such as the taxi driver in Puerto Plata and a Spanish citizen. Sánchez Cárdenas said the Belgian citizen who died …

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A commission of technicians from the US Federal Transportation Administration (TSA) is inspecting the airlines that operate regular flights from the DR to the United States, to ensure they are complying with the Covid-19 preventive measures, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the protocol put into effect by the WHO, airline personnel …

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