{"id":132355,"date":"2019-10-24T12:42:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T12:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ny1.dr1.com.do\/wordpress\/?p=132355"},"modified":"2019-10-24T15:27:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T15:27:25","slug":"vice-president-margarita-cedeno-will-not-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/10\/24\/vice-president-margarita-cedeno-will-not-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President Margarita Cede\u00f1o will not resign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Margarita-Cede\u00f1o-El-Caribe-e1547730644588.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121437\"\/><figcaption>Margarita Cede\u00f1o \/ El Caribe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President Margarita Cede\u00f1o says she will not resign her role as Vice President. Cede\u00f1o also spoke of the trust President Danilo Medina has placed in her to direct the Social Cabinet of the government. She said her continuing to exercise these two roles is not up for discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, 23 October 2019, Cede\u00f1o participated in a cabinet meeting held at the Presidential Palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cede\u00f1o in September had announced her support to the presidential aspirations of her husband, former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez at the end of his campaign. Fern\u00e1ndez disputed the presidential nomination for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) primary on 6 October 2019. President Danilo Medina had endorsed former Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo, who defeated Fern\u00e1ndez. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice President issued the statement after President Danilo Medina told supporters of Fern\u00e1ndez: &#8220;In the PLD we are open and generous, but we are not fools. Anyone who thinks he&#8217;s going to pull our leg is wrong. If you want to fool us, don&#8217;t waste your time, because you won&#8217;t win.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cede\u00f1o says that hers is a particular and unique situation in the history of Dominican politics. She says she is in a period of thought and prayer to define her political future. &#8220;I do so guided by the certainty that above any personal interest is the interest of the nation,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2019\/10\/22\/588082\/margarita-dice-reflexiona-y-ora-para-que-dios-le-otorgue-sabiduria-en-decision-sobre-crisis-pld\">Listin Diario<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/politica\/margarita-decidio-quedarse-en-el-gobierno-puede-seguir-a-su-esposo-OE14890907\">Diario Libre<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcaribe.com.do\/2019\/10\/24\/danilo-y-margarita-encabezan-consejo-de-gobierno\/\">El Caribe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>24 October 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Margarita Cede\u00f1o says she will not resign her role as Vice President. Cede\u00f1o also spoke of the trust President Danilo Medina has placed in her to direct the Social Cabinet of the government. She said her continuing to exercise these two roles is not up for discussion. On Wednesday, 23 October 2019, Cede\u00f1o &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/10\/24\/vice-president-margarita-cedeno-will-not-resign\/\" 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\/132355"}],"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=132355"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132378,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132355\/revisions\/132378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}