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09-01-2008, 02:30 PM
Only four members of the Political Committee of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party, the key group that decides party policies, are not part of the Fernandez 2008-2012 administration, according to a report in Diario Libre today. In its first government in 1996, the PLD had considered no member of the Political Committee should be in the cabinet. But today, only former secretary of the Presidency Danilo Medina, former Vice President Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal, former director of Migration Carlos Amarante Baret and former Minister of Tourism Felix Jimenez (Felucho) have not been included in the 2008-2012 cabinet. The first two aspired to the Presidency. On 16 August, President Fernandez appointed Fernandez Mirabal to be his Minister of Environment. But Fernandez Mirabal has not yet accepted the post. Medina did not campaign for Fernandez into the 2008 election, as he opposed reelection.
Other members of the influential board that have been posted or confirmed to the present cabinet are: Alejandrina German (Ministry of Women), Cesar Pina Toribio (Secretary of the Presidency), Ramon Fadul (Ministry of Industry & Commerce), Bautista Rojas (Ministry of Public Health), Temistocles Montas (Ministry of Economy), Franklin Almeyda (Ministry of Interior and Police), Ramon Ventura Camejo(Public Administration), Alma Fernandez (National Institute of Housing), Euclides Gutierrez (Superintendence of Insurance), Jose Joaquin Bido Medina (Public Ethics Commission), Radhames Segura (CDEEE), Francisco Javier Garcia (Ministry of Tourism).
Other members of the committee yet to be confirmed in their posts are Jose Tomas Perez, (Dominican Civil Aviation Institute), Eduardo Selman (NY consulate), Radhames Camacho (member of the Central American Parliament).
Other government members are Vice President Rafael Alburquerque, deputy Lidio Cadet, senator Reinaldo Pared Perez and Cristina Lizardo.

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