{"id":124548,"date":"2019-03-28T12:37:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T12:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=124548"},"modified":"2019-04-02T14:09:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:09:06","slug":"jce-judge-alerts-to-consequences-of-a-division-within-the-pld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/03\/28\/jce-judge-alerts-to-consequences-of-a-division-within-the-pld\/","title":{"rendered":"JCE judge alerts to consequences of a division within the PLD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Luis Garc\u00eda \/ Diario Libre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Central Electoral Board (JCE) substitute judge Luis Garc\u00eda writes in El D\u00eda newspaper on 28 March 2019 about the clash between the two leading politicians in the ruling PLD and how this is affecting the permanence of the party in power. Garc\u00eda is known to be very close to President Danilo Medina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe two leaders are risking their political future in the current situation, since in the case of 67-year old Medina, he would be \u2018politically retired\u2019 if the constitutional reform is not passed to enable him to seek the candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic; and 65-year old Fernandez, who, if he does win the election on the purple party ballot, would lose strength for future electoral processes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the midst of these confrontations, Garc\u00eda writes, the PLD would be left vulnerable, if the two politicians do not reach an agreement. He writes the party risks being divided, which, he says, could result in the party that has governed for 20 of the past 24 years, losing the presidency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garc\u00eda says that the ruling party faces a complex scenario where a pact between both leaders is necessary \u201cto guarantee a new electoral victory for the PLD.\u201d The PLD was founded in 1973, 45 years ago, by PRD dissident politician, the late President Juan Bosch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garc\u00eda says that a constitutional reform to enable President Medina to again run for reelection could motivate Fern\u00e1ndez to seek to run as a candidate for a minority party. Recently Fern\u00e1ndez showed up at a meeting of the Foro Permanente de Partidos Pol\u00edticos that groups several minority parties. On the other hand, in his analysis, the judge of the Central Electoral Board says that if Fern\u00e1ndez is chosen the PLD candidate for the 2020 general election, PLD party members partisan to Danilo Medina could decide not to vote for him, facilitating a win of the opposition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is an impasse, he writes. On one side those favoring Fern\u00e1ndez say most of the population rejects changing the constitution to allow the reelection of Medina, and on the other end, those favoring Medina say he is the only candidate that can ensure the electoral victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garc\u00eda says that hundreds of thousands of party members employed in government risk losing their jobs. \u201cBut what is most at risk for the interests of the purple-colored party is that a victory of the opposition would pave the way for the opening of the circus of alleged cases of corruption in court, regardless if they are substantiated or not.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He concludes with the reminder: \u201cThe PLD controls the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch and this means it has a majority in the National Council of the Magistracy, the body that chooses the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice and other high courts.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PLD deputy Juan Qui\u00f1ones, a Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez supporter in Congress, told Diario Libre in an interview that the excuse to modify the Constitution is the supposed need to unite the municipal election scheduled for February 2020 with the presidential and legislative elections scheduled for May 2020. Nevertheless, he warned the vote of many legislators would have to be bought. The backers of the reelection are not sufficient to pass the motion without the backing of Leonel Fernandez followers or opposition party members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) substitute judge Luis Garc\u00eda writes in El D\u00eda newspaper on 28 March 2019 about the clash between the two leading politicians in the ruling PLD and how this is affecting the permanence of the party in power. Garc\u00eda is known to be very close to President Danilo Medina. \u201cThe two leaders … <\/p>\n

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