{"id":129737,"date":"2019-08-12T13:41:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T13:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=129737"},"modified":"2019-08-12T15:51:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T15:51:44","slug":"will-fernandez-step-aside-for-party-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/08\/12\/will-fernandez-step-aside-for-party-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Fern\u00e1ndez step aside for party unity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Henry-Meran-PLD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129793\"\/><figcaption>Henry Meran<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A close aide of Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez says Fern\u00e1ndez might not run for the Presidency. A recent statement by PLD deputy Henry Mer\u00e1n that former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez has not directly announced his presidential aspirations, could leave open the possibility that the former President might not run. He may instead back another party member for the PLD presidential candidacy in the 17 May 2020 election. Fern\u00e1ndez would be aspiring to a fourth term in government. Mer\u00e1n spoke optimistically of what he described as the new harmony in the party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made the remarks on Hoy Mismo TV show on Channel 9 that the PLD, and gave credit to President Danilo Medina, observing that by not seeking to run in 2020, he has defined the way to preserve party unity. He expressed support for constitutional reform after the elections are defined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/henry-meran-afirma-leonel-no-ha-dicho-de-forma-directa-sus-aspiraciones-presidenciales\/\">El Dia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12 August 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A close aide of Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez says Fern\u00e1ndez might not run for the Presidency. A recent statement by PLD deputy Henry Mer\u00e1n that former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez has not directly announced his presidential aspirations, could leave open the possibility that the former President might not run. He may instead back another party member for the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/08\/12\/will-fernandez-step-aside-for-party-unity\/\" 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\/129737"}],"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=129737"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129794,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129737\/revisions\/129794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}