2024 – Page 67

Diario Libre congratulates the Central Electoral Board (JCE) for the organization of the 2024 municipal, presidential and congressional elections. The JCE under Roman Jaquez Liranzo navigated the challenges of the political party demands and delivered an electoral period that has had a minimal impact on productive activities in the country. For the most part, this …

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The 19 May 2024 election reported the highest abstention of voters in the entire history of the Dominican Republic. The abstention at 45.84% was even higher than the 44.71% abstention rate of the 5 July 2020 presidential election that happened smack in the Covid-19 epidemic. Previous to that year, abstention fluctuated around or under 30%. …

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With significant public funding for political activities, politics is a profitable career in the Dominican Republic. It has become a family business for many. The sons and daughters of politicians frequently join the bandwagon. The 2024 presidential and congressional election confirms “all in the family” is the norm for politics in the DR. President Luis …

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The Supreme Court of Justice judge hearing the case for money laundering and other crimes against PRM deputy Rosa Amalia Pilarte admitted that the confiscated 111,700 ecstasy pills, the largest of the drug seized in the DR, serve as evidence in the case. Deputy Attorney General Inocencio Amador Espinosa told the press the court has …

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The Weather Office (Onamet) forecasts intense heat and humidity for Wednesday, 22 May 2024. People are recommended to stay hydrated. Onamet reports that a deep trough and low pressure circulating to the southwest of the country will bring moderate to heavy rains mostly to the southern provinces. People should take precautions because the rains could …

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Puerto Plata-born Al Horford is a former member of the Dominican Republic national basketball team and that is why many Dominicans are following the Boston Celtics as they play the Indiana Pacers for the NBA Eastern Conference playoff spot. 37-year old Horford seeks his first championship in a career that has spanned over almost two …

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President Luis Abinader announced during the Monday, 20 May 2024 La Semanal press conference that he will travel to Rome, Italy, next Friday, 24 May with his immediate family, his wife and three daughters. He is scheduled to meet with Pope Francisco and also with Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Monday, 27 May. He described …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) issued on 20 May 2024 the final numbers for the Presidential election in the Dominican Republic that took place on Sunday, 19 May. The JCE had issued a first preliminary bulletin shortly before 8:30pm on Sunday, as promised. President Luis Abinader won with the vote of 2,499,774 Dominicans, or 57.46% …

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The Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) will be absolute majority in the Senate with all but six of the 32 seats. But of these six seats, only three are of an opposition party, the others are of minority parties that backed the Luis Abinader presidential candidacy. The absolute majority gives the ruling party the number of …

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The three leading international polls covering the Dominican presidential election on 19 May 2024 — Greenberg/Diario Libre, MarkPenn/Stagwell and RCC Media/Gallup — were accurate in their forecasts of the win of President Luis Abinader, showing they are reliable sources of predicting an election. Abinader (Modern Revolutionary Party) won with 57%, to 29.3% of Leonel Fernandez …

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