{"id":117942,"date":"2018-10-24T10:03:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T14:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=117942"},"modified":"2018-10-24T10:03:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T14:03:37","slug":"presidential-aspirants-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/10\/24\/presidential-aspirants-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential aspirants increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_117912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117912\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-117912\" src=\"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/JCE-presidential-candidate-election-Diario-Libre-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-117912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Diario Libre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The numbers are increasing almost daily, but so far there are 26 men and two women from 14 political organizations who have come forward as presidential pre-candidates and, if successful, as presidential candidates in the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<p>The largest number of candidates seeking the nomination of their party is the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) ticket for the May 2020 elections. The PLD pre-candidates include former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez, former Environment Minister Francisco Dom\u00ednguez Brito, former Interior &amp; Police Minister Carlos Amarante Baret, the president of the Senate Reinaldo Pared P\u00e9rez, former Economy Minister Tem\u00edstocles Mont\u00e1s, Education Minister Andr\u00e9s Navarro, former Labor Minister Maritza Hern\u00e1ndez, Hip\u00f3lito Polanco and Manuel Crespo.<\/p>\n<p>For the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), the pre-candidates are: former President Hip\u00f3lito Mej\u00eda, former PRM presidential candidate Luis Abinader, Wellington Arnaud and Ram\u00f3n Emilio Concepci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>The pre-candidates for the Social Christian Reform Party (PRSC) are its current president Federico Ant\u00fan Batlle, deputy V\u00edctor Ito Bison\u00f3 and Ricardo Espaillat.<\/p>\n<p>For the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) the pre-candidates are: Tony Pe\u00f1a Guaba, and although he has not yet made an official statement, Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado, who is expected to stand as well.<\/p>\n<p>The Frente Amplio (FA) has transport kingpin Juan Hubieres running for the position, but other candidates are expected to stand as well.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Miguel De Camps is the pre-candidate for the Social Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRSD) and Ramfis Dom\u00ednguez Trujillo, for the Democratic Institutional Party (PDI).<\/p>\n<p>Although they have not yet officially declared their aspirations, Minou Tav\u00e1rez Mirabal, of Democratic Option (OD) and Guillermo Moreno, for Alianza Pa\u00eds are expected to throw their hats into the ring. Karim Abud Naba is also on the list of presidential pre-candidates but it is not known which party he will represent.<\/p>\n<p>There are also pre-candidates whose parties are still being formed: Milton Morrison, Possible Country; Alfonso Rodr\u00edguez for Democratic Revolution; Porfirio L\u00f3pez Nieto, Dominican Nationalist (PND) and Carlos Pe\u00f1a, for the Generaci\u00f3n de Servidores political party.<\/p>\n<p>By 22 August 2019, the complete list of pre-candidates has to be handed in to the Central Electoral Board (JCE).<\/p>\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/noticias\/politica\/suman-28-los-aspirantes-a-ser-candidatos-a-la-presidencia-OH11077797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diario Libre<\/a><\/p>\n<p>24 October 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The numbers are increasing almost daily, but so far there are 26 men and two women from 14 political organizations who have come forward as presidential pre-candidates and, if successful, as presidential candidates in the 2020 elections. The largest number of candidates seeking the nomination of their party is the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/10\/24\/presidential-aspirants-increase\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117942"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}