El Dia calls the campaign “one of the most civilized campaigns in the Dominican electoral history”. The editorialist highlights the notable absence of physical and verbal violence and commends the prevailing civic behavior of the population. Nevertheless, it says the elections have been full of surprises: two reschedulings (municipal for e-voting glitch and presidential/congressional for Covid-19), theft of RD$37 million cash from the Santiago Municipal Electoral Board, absence of meetings, caravans and an ongoing pandemic. “We hope that Dominicans vote with the same civism, and the players respect the results and the Central Electoral Board manage a fair, clean and transparent process,” concludes the writer while encouraging people to go to vote.
Diario Libre lists several reasons why citizens should go to vote: a citizen’s right and duty, to have our say in who governs us, to vote for the best choice to then be able to make demands on the government, democracy is the best political system invented so far. Other reasons: by voting we help build a political community based on rule of law and the Constitution, we set an example for our children, we honor the forefathers of the country. And a last reason: We get to see friends of the voting queues and perhaps there is a get together after…
Another editorial by Adriano Miguel Tejada, executive editor of the newspaper, says that expectations are Dominicans can put the election behind us to move to combat Covid-19 and the actions to bring about the recovery of the economy. Ines Aizpun, managing editor, describes the campaign as: “Lots of noise, but few nuts.”
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Diario Libre
3 July 2020