NewsWhore
11-16-2009, 03:10 PM
The ruling PLD party has removed 22 pre-candidates for legislative and municipal posts after it emerged that several had been linked to crime in the DR or had criminal records abroad. Their identities were not disclosed. As reported by Listin Diario, several were found to have ties to asset laundering and drug trafficking, and others had been deported from the US after serving jail sentences. The newspaper says that most of the 22 who are now banned from being PLD candidates in the May 2010 legislative or municipal election had served sentences in the US and became involved in politics after their return to the DR.
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