{"id":205888,"date":"2023-10-30T08:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T12:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=205888"},"modified":"2023-10-30T08:25:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T12:25:29","slug":"the-presidential-candidates-for-may-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/10\/30\/the-presidential-candidates-for-may-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The presidential candidates for May 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Political parties have named seven men and two women as presidential candidates to compete for the Presidency in the 19 May 2024 elections. This is up from the six contenders in the 2020 election and eight in the 2016 election, reports El Dia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four of the candidates are well-known politicians. These are President Luis Abinader, who seeks to be reelected; former President Leonel Fernandez; Santiago Mayor Abel Martinez; and former minister of Public Works and Foreign Relations Miguel Vargas Maldonado. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The emerging candidates are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

63-year old Dr. Fulgencio Severino, for the Patria Para Todos. He is currently the head of Cardiology at the Salvador B. Gautier Hospital, a public teaching hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

38-year old journalist Virginia Antares, for the Opci\u00f3n Democr\u00e1tica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roque Espaillat Tavarez (El Cobrador) for the Partido Socialista Cristiano (PSC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mar\u00eda Teresa Cabrera was chosen the presidential candidate of the Frente Amplio. She is a former president of the Dominican Association of Public School Teachers (ADP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

48-year old Carlos Pe\u00f1a is a former deputy. He will run for the Partido Generaci\u00f3n de Servidores (GenS) .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Dia report on the candidates observes that unlike in other Latin American countries, emerging candidates in the Dominican Republic do not usually have good electoral results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parties now have until 10 November 2023 to announce whether there will be alliance pacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more in Spanish:
El Dia <\/a>
Acento <\/a>
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El Caribe <\/a>
Maria Teresa Cabrera <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

30 October 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Political parties have named seven men and two women as presidential candidates to compete for the Presidency in the 19 May 2024 elections. This is up from the six contenders in the 2020 election and eight in the 2016 election, reports El Dia. Four of the candidates are well-known politicians. These are President Luis Abinader, … <\/p>\n

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