NewsWhore
05-22-2006, 02:10 PM
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) guaranteed that the election results will come in, and that the vote counting has not stopped, despite rumors to the contrary. Saturday's edition of the main newspapers carried stories about Monsignor Nunez Collado's visit to JCE headquarters with a group of international diplomats and observers. The immediate result was the statement issued by Luis Arias, the chief magistrate of the JCE, denying that the vote counting had been stopped and guaranteeing the results as soon as possible.
Saturday and Sunday saw the official release of bulletins 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. The results confirmed the PLD victory in many of the country's provinces. As of bulletin #14, the JCE confirmed the PLD ahead in 21 provinces, and the PRD/PRSC alliance ahead in ten (PRD six and PRSC 4). Bulletin #14 carried results of 10,973 voting stations of a total of 12,371 for 88.7% of the vote. The PLD had obtained 51.8% of the vote (1,393,290 votes), the PRD 23.2% (623,17 votes) and the PRSC 22.5% (604,466 votes).
At the same time, the National Council of Private Enterprise (CONEP), obviously perturbed by the unofficial five-day holiday, called on the JCE to complete the vote count as fast as possible, so as to "avoid more loss of life..." The CONEP press release said that the delay in proclaiming the real winners and losers in the election was the reason for the feelings of uncertainty and violence. CONEP also pointed out that the current situation was having a negative effect on normal, everyday business and was projecting a very negative image of the Dominican Republic overseas, "something that we Dominicans do not deserve." News reports indicate that a meeting has not been possible among all the judges of the JCE.
As of noon on Monday, there was still no definite proclamation of victors, and the count stagnated on bulletin #14. El Caribe pointed out that bulletin #14 from the JCE accounted for 2,685,788 votes, but that the count was not yet finished. According to the latest information, the PLD had won 52 municipal elections and the PRD/PRSC alliance had won 80. In the northern part of Santo Domingo, which includes Pedro Brand, the local election board is closed and under armed guard.
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Saturday and Sunday saw the official release of bulletins 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. The results confirmed the PLD victory in many of the country's provinces. As of bulletin #14, the JCE confirmed the PLD ahead in 21 provinces, and the PRD/PRSC alliance ahead in ten (PRD six and PRSC 4). Bulletin #14 carried results of 10,973 voting stations of a total of 12,371 for 88.7% of the vote. The PLD had obtained 51.8% of the vote (1,393,290 votes), the PRD 23.2% (623,17 votes) and the PRSC 22.5% (604,466 votes).
At the same time, the National Council of Private Enterprise (CONEP), obviously perturbed by the unofficial five-day holiday, called on the JCE to complete the vote count as fast as possible, so as to "avoid more loss of life..." The CONEP press release said that the delay in proclaiming the real winners and losers in the election was the reason for the feelings of uncertainty and violence. CONEP also pointed out that the current situation was having a negative effect on normal, everyday business and was projecting a very negative image of the Dominican Republic overseas, "something that we Dominicans do not deserve." News reports indicate that a meeting has not been possible among all the judges of the JCE.
As of noon on Monday, there was still no definite proclamation of victors, and the count stagnated on bulletin #14. El Caribe pointed out that bulletin #14 from the JCE accounted for 2,685,788 votes, but that the count was not yet finished. According to the latest information, the PLD had won 52 municipal elections and the PRD/PRSC alliance had won 80. In the northern part of Santo Domingo, which includes Pedro Brand, the local election board is closed and under armed guard.
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