Valentin makes suggestion

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Chamber of Deputies president Julio Cesar Valentin suggests that the DR's presidential, congressional and municipal elections should be held at the same time, instead of being staggered. Valentin says that the current system is absurd because it does not get rid of the problems it was meant to eliminate. Valentin described the current electoral and political system as "very clientilistic" and questioned why it was allowed to remain in place. Valentin said that it was a leftover from the Joaquin Balaguer period. Valentin also expressed his admiration for the Chilean and Uruguayan political systems, considered among the most efficient systems in the region, saying that the DR should follow their examples. Valentin said that a nation could not progress when elections interrupt the democratic process every two years. Valentin then explained the difference between a man who thinks just of himself and a true patriot is that the patriot makes long-term decisions.

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