2,700 Partido Reformista Social Cristiano delegates will choose the party’s presidential candidate on Sunday, 15 January in that party’s convention. Aside from the party’s kingpin, 93-year old former seven-time President Joaquín Balguer, only former Vice President Jacinto Peynado registered his candidacy. When doing so, Peynado conditioned his opting to the candidacy to Balaguer not accepting the PRSC nomination. Other contenders to the presidential candidacy declined to register in the understanding Balaguer would choose to run. Balaguer has said he will attend the convention, scheduled for the Club San Carlos of Avenida Mexico, for half an hour. Balaguer’s candidacy was registered by the Movimiento Balaguer Una Vez Más por Necesidad. Peynado was the PRSC candidate in 1996. He obtained 435,504 votes, despite not having the favor of the party leader, Joaquín Balaguer, who slanted in favor of PLD candidate Leonel Fernández. All surveys show the PRSC in third place. Elections in the DR are won in the first round only if a candidate can muster 50%+1 of the vote. If not, a second round is called where the candidate with the most votes wins. In this round, whomever the third place party favors can win the election, as occurred in the 1996 presidential election. At the time, Balaguer openly favored the candidacy of Leonel Fernández of the PLD over José Francisco Peña Gómez of the PRD. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2,700 Partido Reformista Social Cristiano delegates will choose the party’s presidential candidate on Sunday, 15 January in that party’s convention. Aside from the party’s kingpin, 93-year old former seven-time President Joaquín Balguer, only former Vice President Jacinto Peynado registered his candidacy. When doing so, Peynado conditioned his opting to the candidacy to Balaguer not accepting … <\/p>\n