{"id":128627,"date":"2019-07-16T12:54:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T12:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=128627"},"modified":"2019-07-16T16:45:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T16:45:42","slug":"leonel-fernandez-convenes-protest-walk-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/07\/16\/leonel-fernandez-convenes-protest-walk-to-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez convenes protest walk to Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Leonel-Fernandez-Diario-Libre.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Leonel-Fernandez-Diario-Libre.png 600w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Leonel-Fernandez-Diario-Libre-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez \/ Diario Libre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Followers of former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez are preparing a large concentration on Wednesday afternoon, 17 July 2019, to protest efforts underway to amend the Constitution. On Friday, 12 July 2019, followers of PRM presidential pre-candidate Luis Abinader congregated in the same area to protest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fern\u00e1ndez is the president of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party. He has registered as a presidential pre-candidate for the party. He has announced he will be at the Congress site to sign the symbolic book on Wednesday. His followers are gathering signatures to protest the possible constitutional reform that would enable Danilo Medina also to be a presidential pre-candidate and if chosen by the party, seek a third term in government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the announcement at the party headquarters, former Vice President Rafael Alburquerque, a member of the Fern\u00e1ndez team, dismissed the recent remarks by Medina spokesman, Roberto Rodr\u00edguez Marchena on the actions of Fern\u00e1ndez and his followers, calling them an &#8220;outburst.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He (the presidential spokesman) cannot judge those who have been belligerent and disciplined militants of the Dominican Liberation Party,&#8221; Alburquerque said of an audio leak where Marchena calls Fern\u00e1ndez&#8217;s followers &#8220;insolent,&#8221; &#8220;blackmailers,&#8221; and &#8220;spoiled&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Followers of President Danilo Medina have urged the dissidents that follow Fern\u00e1ndez to adhere to the party&#8217;s discipline and uphold the decisions of the majority of the party. Medina is said to have majority in the Political Committee and Central Committee of the PLD. Political analysts, nevertheless, say he has not been able to ensure sufficient votes for the constitutional amendment to pass in Congress.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcaribe.com.do\/2019\/07\/16\/panorama\/politica\/leonel-hara-defensa-de-la-carta-magna-frente-al-congreso\/\">El Caribe<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcaribe.com.do\/2019\/07\/16\/panorama\/politica\/medina-enfrenta-la-encrucijada-mas-dificil-de-su-carrera-politica\/\">El Caribe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 July 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Followers of former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez are preparing a large concentration on Wednesday afternoon, 17 July 2019, to protest efforts underway to amend the Constitution. On Friday, 12 July 2019, followers of PRM presidential pre-candidate Luis Abinader congregated in the same area to protest. Fern\u00e1ndez is the president of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party. He &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/07\/16\/leonel-fernandez-convenes-protest-walk-to-congress\/\" 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\/128627"}],"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=128627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128695,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128627\/revisions\/128695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}