2020 – Page 247

On Friday, 21 February 2020, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) informed the nation that both the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the Inter-American Union of Electoral Organizations (Uniore), had confirmed they would participate in the investigation into the e-voting glitch that lead to the 16 February 2020 election being aborted. As reported, IFES …

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The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio Cesar Castaños Guzman, said on Friday, 21 February 2020 that the plenary decided to suspend Miguel Angel Garcia, from his role as director of information technology at the electoral institution. The suspension is to facilitate the investigation into the reasons for the electronic glitch that resulted …

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On Monday, 17 February 2020, Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) candidate for deputy Bolivar Valera (El Boli) had posted a tweet stating: “The popis don’t vote, they only want their likes for participating in the protests.” Popis is a pejorative name given to well off young people. Valera was referring to the trickle of middle-class youths …

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The “cacerolazo,” the popular form of protest in Venezuela, has found a great following in Santo Domingo. After the bid to bang pots, on Friday, 21 February from 8 to 8:10pm thousands of households made their voice heard from home. On Saturday, President Danilo Medina was greeted with pot-banging at his own condominium. The action …

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Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) presidential candidate Luis Abinader, former President Leonel Fernández for the People’s Force (FP) and Federico (Quique) Antún of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) headed a march of followers ending in Puerta del Conde (Altar de la Patria) on Sunday, 23 February. “We call on the heads of the Central Electoral …

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After a second try with electronic voting failed, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) is returning to manual voting. On Friday, the JCE announced 8 million physical ballots are being printed in two weeks. Editora Corripio got the contract. The company had already printed the sections where physical ballots would be used for the failed municipal …

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On Friday afternoon, the Attorney General Office desisted from its investigations of Colonel Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta and Claro technician Manuel Antonio Regalado Martínez, both singled out by the Public Ministry as having ties to the sabotage of the municipal election on Sunday, 16 February 2020. Adjunct prosecutor Joan Alcántara said the process could continue …

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The civic watchdog organization and local chapter of Transparency International Citizen Participation (PC) denounced on Friday, 21 February 2020, that Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez has a plan to “kidnap” the Public Ministry. In a press conference, PC said that Rodríguez has convened a contest to appoint new people to the main positions in the …

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The Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) senator for San Juan de la Maguana, Felix Bautista was all smiles to insults received and captured on a video that was largely circulated on social media this weekend. Bautista had just left a restaurant in Santiago. Bautista is running for re-election on the ruling party ticket. Read more in …

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The president of Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, insists the Dominican government is responsible for the suspension of the municipal election. In a recent statement, he said he maintains his original statement that the Dominican government canceled the election “because they knew they were going to lose.” “The people of the Dominican Republic were …

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