{"id":125814,"date":"2019-05-02T13:09:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T13:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=125814"},"modified":"2019-05-11T17:52:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T17:52:07","slug":"former-president-leonel-fernandez-invites-to-mega-event-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/05\/02\/former-president-leonel-fernandez-invites-to-mega-event-on-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez invites to mega event on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Leonel-Fernandez-El-Caribe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Leonel-Fernandez-El-Caribe.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Leonel-Fernandez-El-Caribe-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Leonel Fernandez \/ El Caribe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Followers of former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez have organized a mega event at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center\u2019s F\u00e9lix S\u00e1nchez Olympic Stadium. Organizers say the event is part of efforts to collect 2 million signatures backing the candidacy of Fern\u00e1ndez. Reports indicate big name artists have been hired for the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Backers of Fern\u00e1ndez, former Vice President Rafael Alburquerque, former Attorney General Radham\u00e9s Jim\u00e9nez, and former Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas G\u00f3mez, former Minister of Higher Education Ligia Amado Melo, La Romana senator Amarilis Santana and Santiago deputy Altagracia Gonz\u00e1lez told Listin Diario that former presidents Ernesto Samper of Colombia and Julio Maria Sanguinetti of Uruguay will be participating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fernandez backers said they have the backing of the local minority parties Fuerza Nacional Progresista (FNP) and the Bloque Institucional Social Democracia (BIS). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is in preparation for the 6 October 2019 primaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polls rank President Danilo Medina as the highest rated PLD politician, with Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez second, followed by Vice President Margarita Cede\u00f1o, Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s wife. The 2015 Constitution bans President Danilo Medina from seeking a third consecutive presidency. Fern\u00e1ndez backers oppose an amendment of the 2015 Constitution to enable Medina to run again in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/bauta-dice-tendran-que-legislar-en-cuartel-para-aprobar-reforma\/\">El&nbsp;Dia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 May 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Followers of former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez have organized a mega event at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center\u2019s F\u00e9lix S\u00e1nchez Olympic Stadium. Organizers say the event is part of efforts to collect 2 million signatures backing the candidacy of Fern\u00e1ndez. Reports indicate big name artists have been hired for the event. Backers of Fern\u00e1ndez, former &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/05\/02\/former-president-leonel-fernandez-invites-to-mega-event-on-sunday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125814"}],"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=125814"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126133,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125814\/revisions\/126133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}