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01-26-2011, 03:00 PM
Agreement on a single candidate for the post of secretary general of the Dominican Municipal League (LMD) was suspended until today, after more than four hours of negotiations between the PRSC and the PLD yesterday. The PRSC, to which the PLD has conceded the presentation of a single candidate for election to the post of secretary general during the Assembly of Municipalities that is being held at the Barcelo Santo Domingo Hotel (Lina) today, did not reach an agreement between Fidias Aristy, the interim secretary of the LMD and Joaquin Ricardo. Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda, who headed the commission of the PLD that met with the divided PRSC and the PLD mayors - the majority of whom support Aristy - said that the decision would be dealt with and decided during the assembly.
According to Diario Libre, he said: "Tomorrow (today) during the assembly this will be discussed and you will know what the positions that we, the mayors and the parties that supported them, are taking. I cannot say anything else. The assembly is sovereign and is the body that will have to take the final decision on the issues that are presented", he said. Several weeks ago the PLD decided to support a single candidate who would be presented by the PRSC for the post of secretary general of the LMD. The PLD holds the majority of the seats in the assembly with 85 mayors among the 155 municipalities represented. The Reformists have 16. The PRD has 57 mayors, but have not established their position on the Reformist stalemate.
During the first hours of the meetings that began at about 4pm, the president of the Dominican Federation of Municipalities, Felix Rodriguez, said that he had met with the president of the PRSC Carlos Morales Troncoso several days earlier, and he supposedly told him that his candidate was Aristy. "And now he surprises me and there appears a letter signed by him and his candidate is someone else".
"The Political Committee should understand that we are not disobeying any line handed down, since the line was simply to support a Reformist and we are supporting a Reformist", said the mayor of San Juan de la Maguana, Hanoi Sanchez, who reaffirmed her support for Aristy.
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According to Diario Libre, he said: "Tomorrow (today) during the assembly this will be discussed and you will know what the positions that we, the mayors and the parties that supported them, are taking. I cannot say anything else. The assembly is sovereign and is the body that will have to take the final decision on the issues that are presented", he said. Several weeks ago the PLD decided to support a single candidate who would be presented by the PRSC for the post of secretary general of the LMD. The PLD holds the majority of the seats in the assembly with 85 mayors among the 155 municipalities represented. The Reformists have 16. The PRD has 57 mayors, but have not established their position on the Reformist stalemate.
During the first hours of the meetings that began at about 4pm, the president of the Dominican Federation of Municipalities, Felix Rodriguez, said that he had met with the president of the PRSC Carlos Morales Troncoso several days earlier, and he supposedly told him that his candidate was Aristy. "And now he surprises me and there appears a letter signed by him and his candidate is someone else".
"The Political Committee should understand that we are not disobeying any line handed down, since the line was simply to support a Reformist and we are supporting a Reformist", said the mayor of San Juan de la Maguana, Hanoi Sanchez, who reaffirmed her support for Aristy.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)