{"id":131069,"date":"2019-09-17T12:47:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T12:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ny1.dr1.com.do\/wordpress\/?p=131069"},"modified":"2019-09-17T23:59:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T23:59:38","slug":"jce-presidents-take-on-government-cabinet-support-to-gonzalo-castillo-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/09\/17\/jce-presidents-take-on-government-cabinet-support-to-gonzalo-castillo-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"JCE president&#8217;s take on government cabinet support to Gonzalo Castillo campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Julio-Cesar-Casta\u00f1os-Youtube.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126025\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Julio-Cesar-Casta\u00f1os-Youtube.jpg 480w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Julio-Cesar-Casta\u00f1os-Youtube-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Julio Casta\u00f1os Guzm\u00e1n told government officers to \u201cwatch it and take care not to commit irregularities.\u201d He made the remarks after the naming of Medina cabinet ministers and government agency heads to campaign for former Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo. Castillo served as minister of Public Works from 16 August 2012 to 5 August 2019, when he resigned to seek the PLD presidential nomination in the 6 October 2019 primary. His leading contender is former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The active participation of the high-ranking government officers in the campaign violates Government Officer Law 41-08 and Political Parties Law 33-18. Government officers are banned from political campaigning activities and obliged to take a 90-day leave of absence for campaigning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement of the all-out support of Medina government ministers and officers to the campaign of pre-candidate Gonzalo Castillo has met with widespread criticism on alternative media, social media and in the press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the story in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/z101digital.com\/junta-central-electoral-pide-cuidado-a-funcionarios-que-participen-en-la-campana\/\">Z101 Digital<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/acento.com.do\/2019\/politica\/8729115-jce-da-palmadita-en-la-cara-a-funcionarios-que-participan-en-campana-y-les-pide-que-tengan-cuidado\/\">Acento<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2019\/09\/16\/582805\/castanos-guzman-dice-funcionarios-deben-ser-delicados-y-tener-cuidado-al-participar-en-campana-electoral\">Listin Diario<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/acento.com.do\/2019\/politica\/8729115-jce-da-palmadita-en-la-cara-a-funcionarios-que-participan-en-campana-y-les-pide-que-tengan-cuidado\/\">Acento<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ug42jOj3kDo&amp;t=342s\">YouTube<\/a> &#8211; Huchi Lora on Law 41-08 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17 September 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Julio Casta\u00f1os Guzm\u00e1n told government officers to \u201cwatch it and take care not to commit irregularities.\u201d He made the remarks after the naming of Medina cabinet ministers and government agency heads to campaign for former Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo. Castillo served as minister of Public Works from 16 August &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/09\/17\/jce-presidents-take-on-government-cabinet-support-to-gonzalo-castillo-campaign\/\" 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\/131069"}],"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=131069"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131136,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131069\/revisions\/131136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}