Diario Libre publishes an extensive article today on the makeup of the Political Committee of the ruling PLD party, highlighting the accumulated wealth of most of these, according to their published financial statements. The newspaper says that some 17 years ago, many of them “were not all that well known”, but today they are the notables, powerful, millionaires and specialists in the administration of the state. Grouped into the Political Committee of the government’s ruling party, the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), they are the ones that are in charge of defining the strategies to defend the management of the government and lines to follow by the party members. The selective group is made up of 27 membersoone of them with the right to voice but no voteowho are under the leadership of the former President Leonel Fernandez, who is the president of the party and Reinaldo Pared Perez, the secretary general.<\/p>\n
The other members are: <\/p>\n
President Danilo Medina<\/p>\n
Vice President Margarita Cedeno<\/p>\n
Former Vice President Rafael Alburquerque <\/p>\n
Alma Fernandez, director of the National Housing Institute, Invi<\/p>\n
Minister for Women Alejandrina German<\/p>\n
Minister of Environment Bautista Rojas<\/p>\n
Carlos Amarante Baret, president of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel)<\/p>\n
Cesar Pina Toribio, Presidential Legal Advisor <\/p>\n
Cristina Lizardo, senator for the province of Santo Domingo<\/p>\n
Eduardo Selman, minister of state without portfolio<\/p>\n
Superintendent of Insurance Euclides Gutierrez Felix<\/p>\n
Felix Jimenez, president of the Dominican Oil Refinery (Refidomsa)<\/p>\n
Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia <\/p>\n
Franklin Almeyda Rancier, Presidential Advisor on Public Safety<\/p>\n
Minister of Sports Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal <\/p>\n
Jose Joaquin Bido Medina, minister of state without portfolio<\/p>\n
Jose Tomas Perez (former director of Dominican Civil Aviation Institute, IDAC)<\/p>\n
Minister of Economy Juan Temistocles Montas<\/p>\n
Lidio Cadet, former deputy<\/p>\n
Julio Cesar Valentin, senator for Santiago<\/p>\n
Radhames Segura, former head of the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE)<\/p>\n
Minister of Public Administration Ramon Ventura Camejo<\/p>\n
Minister of Interior and Police Jose Ramon Fadul<\/p>\n
Radhames Camacho Cuevas, deputy and former head of the Public School Teachers Association (ADP)<\/p>\n
Abel Martinez Duran, president of the Chamber of Deputies. <\/p>\n
The Political Committee is the executive body of the Central Committee in which the ad-hoc members are the PLD members that are the President of the Republic, the Vice President and the heads of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Diario Libre publishes an extensive article today on the makeup of the Political Committee of the ruling PLD party, highlighting the accumulated wealth of most of these, according to their published financial statements. The newspaper says that some 17 years ago, many of them “were not all that well known”, but today they are the … <\/p>\n