{"id":132230,"date":"2019-10-22T13:10:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T13:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ny1.dr1.com.do\/wordpress\/?p=132230"},"modified":"2019-10-23T12:41:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T12:41:03","slug":"will-leonel-fernandez-be-allowed-to-run-for-president-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/10\/22\/will-leonel-fernandez-be-allowed-to-run-for-president-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez be allowed to run for President in 2020?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Leonel-Fernandez-Listin-Diario.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Leonel-Fernandez-Listin-Diario.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Leonel-Fernandez-Listin-Diario-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Peralta says that the Electoral Regime Law 15-19 prevents Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez from aspiring for the presidential candidacy for another political party. He said the law does not allow a person who has been defeated in a primary to run for another party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peralta cited Article 134 of the law, which states \u201cthose who have been nominated to be a candidate for a party, political movement or alliance, which they are a member of, cannot be nominated by any other party, political movement or alliance in the same electoral process\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peralta said that Fern\u00e1ndez was being obstinate, wanting to be President for the fourth time, and \u201cviolating the laws\u201d of the country in the process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also rejected the accusation that there was fraud in the primary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview on Telemicro, Channel 5 TV, he went on to say that research recently carried out has shown that the PLD, without Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez has more than 50% preference among the electorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking about Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019 speech, broadcast on television on Sunday 20 October 2019, he said he did not speak about the future but only spoke of hate and resentment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/politica\/jose-ramon-peralta-dice-ley-electoral-le-impide-a-leonel-fernandez-ser-candidato-AJ14846240\">Diario Libre<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/politica\/las-leyes-electorales-y-posible-candidatura-de-leonel-fernandez-EL14860567\">Diario Libre<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/politica\/someten-instancia-ante-el-tribunal-constitucional-para-evitar-que-leonel-sea-candidato-EI14850602\">Diario Libre<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>22 October 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Peralta says that the Electoral Regime Law 15-19 prevents Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez from aspiring for the presidential candidacy for another political party. He said the law does not allow a person who has been defeated in a primary to run for another party. Peralta cited Article 134 of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/10\/22\/will-leonel-fernandez-be-allowed-to-run-for-president-in-2020\/\" 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\/132230"}],"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=132230"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132271,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132230\/revisions\/132271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}