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President Joaquín Balaguer maintained his evasive attitude last week when, on Tuesday, after an hour long political procession by himself through Cibao communities to support the PRSC presidential candidate Jacinto Peynado, and following an inauguration of a housing project, he responded to journalists questions. This time the President has not been answering journalists questions since …

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PRSC presidential candidate Jacinto Peynado told Hoy that his supposed differences with President Balaguer are but speculations of an active press. He said that now that President Balaguer is campaigning for the party, and the future work unfolded by himself and his vice presidential candidate Maribel Gassó, it will push the party ahead. “It is …

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Maribel Gassó, vice presidential candidate for the PRSC, challenged her fellow vice presidential candidates to a debate the manifestos of their respective political organizations. Maribel Gassó said that despite what the surveys and polls are showing in this election no candidate can claim victory until the JCE declares the winner. The 37-year old Maribel, as …

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José Francisco Peña Gómez commented in Hoy last week, that if Leonel Fernández, the presidential candidate for the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, wins the election, he will be subject to the whims of President Balaguer. The PLD only has one senator in Congress and 13 deputies, and will therefore depend on President Balaguer’s support …

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Anisia Risi, the former director of customs who was accused of being a party to defrauding the State of over RD$1,000 million, sent to jail for several months and then freed, made the newspaper headlines again, reminding Dominicans that she is in town and enjoying her alleged new found wealth. A Santo Domingo court examined …

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The PLD presidential candidate, Leonel Fernández, said on television last week that corruption costs the nation RD$30 thousand million every year. In a speech on television he explained his four point anti-corruption program. He said that first he would seek to develop loyalty among public officers, whereby the state recognizes and awards their work in …

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The widow of Jacobo Majluta, the late presidential candidate for the Partido Revolucionario Independiente, has joined the political campaign and will support José Francisco Peña Gómez for the presidency. Mrs. Elisa Villanueva viuda Majluta participated in a campaign rally with Peggy Cabral de Peña, the wife of José Francisco Peña Gómez and Hortensia Méndez de …

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According to an opinion poll carried out by the Venezuelan firm Emevenca, published in Rumbo last week, the presidential candidate of the PRD leads with 47% of voters supporting him. The poll was carried out between 16 March and 3 April. Leonel Fernández of the PLD is in second place with 34%, and Jacinto Peynado …

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According to another poll, carried out by Penn and Schoen of the United States, the first round will have a very close finish. The company indicated on Wednesday, 10 April, that if the election were held today, the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano and the Acuerdo de Santo Domingo would obtain 42% of the vote, followed by …

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Congress is having trouble in obtaining a quorum for its sessions as many of its members are out campaigning. On Tuesday, the session had to be canceled because out of a total of 120 deputies, only 43 showed up. The same occurred for the senators, of which only 18 arrived, 13 for the PRSC and …

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