{"id":127169,"date":"2019-06-04T13:01:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T13:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=127169"},"modified":"2019-06-05T02:26:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T02:26:26","slug":"medina-followers-reject-proposal-for-a-repeat-of-senators-and-deputies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/06\/04\/medina-followers-reject-proposal-for-a-repeat-of-senators-and-deputies\/","title":{"rendered":"Medina followers reject proposal for a repeat of senators and deputies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"680\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Danilo-Medina-y-esposa-Diario-Cristal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Danilo-Medina-y-esposa-Diario-Cristal.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Danilo-Medina-y-esposa-Diario-Cristal-300x188.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A reported proposal made by backers of former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez that would exchange keeping the present senators, deputies and mayors in key PLD plazas nationwide for President Danilo Medina desisting of his aspiration to a third term as President was rejected by Medina followers. Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ram\u00f3n Peralta called the motion anti-democratic and a threat to the PLD. The senators, deputies and mayors would need the popular vote to stay in their posts, but they would not need to be chosen in the open primaries set for 6 October 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time is running out for the ruling PLD party to settle its differences between the followers of President Danilo Medina and those of former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez, who is the president of the party. President Danilo Medina is banned by the 2015 Constitution to run again for President, but his followers say they have sufficient votes to pass an amendment to the Constitution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The party has until 7 June 2019 to announce its position on the setting aside of political candidates that will not need to be chosen in the primary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Political analysts say that the proposal for the repeat of senators and deputies and mayors in key demarcations is a blow to the aspirations of emerging leaders in the party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/hoy.com.do\/propuesta-fernandez-anula-posible-relevo-en-congreso\/\">Hoy<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/politica\/danilismo-rechaza-propuesta-de-sector-leonelista-por-ser-antidemocratica-DO12946454\">Diario&nbsp;Libre<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 June 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reported proposal made by backers of former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez that would exchange keeping the present senators, deputies and mayors in key PLD plazas nationwide for President Danilo Medina desisting of his aspiration to a third term as President was rejected by Medina followers. Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ram\u00f3n Peralta called the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/06\/04\/medina-followers-reject-proposal-for-a-repeat-of-senators-and-deputies\/\" 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\/127169"}],"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=127169"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127256,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127169\/revisions\/127256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}