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09-08-2006, 04:10 PM
He has won the position of senator for La Altagracia for the third time, but influential Amable Aristy Castro has not yet been sworn in for the post, and seems to be thinking about remaining as secretary general of the Dominican Municipal League (LMD). Amable Aristy Castro was recently also in the news after the US revoked his B1/B2 tourist visa to travel to the US.
Diario Libre comments on how this is the third time in 12 years that Aristy Castro may turn down the post he won in the election for that of the LMD. The LMD handles the purse strings for municipal budgets nationwide.
The ruling PLD party has said that it is not interested in appointing one of their members to the post and has left it up to the opposition to choose the next secretary general. Thus, there are contenders from the PRD and the PRSC. Aristy Castro aspires to continue in the post that is also sought by his fellow PRSC member Johnny Jones, who ran for National District senator on the PRSC ticket in the past congressional election.
For the PRD, Alfredo Pacheco, former president of the Chamber of Deputies, has indicated that he is interested. Pacheco ran for Santo Domingo mayor on the PRD ticket and lost. Pacheco, nevertheless, is disappointed at recent statements by former President Hipolito Mejia, who leads an important faction within the PRD, who has said that he would support a PRSC candidate instead.
In the 2006 congressional and municipal elections, a PRSC faction allied with sectors in the PRD. The PRD, as a political party, has not publicly stated its position on who the party would back.
But yesterday, 52 city mayors sent a letter to the board of the PRD endorsing Aristy Castro continuing at the helm of the LMD.
Diario Libre recalls that when Aristy Castro was elected as senator of La Altagracia in 1998, he delegated his senate seat to Ramon Ricardo Sanchez de la Rosa. In the 2002 election he won again, but chose instead to seek re-election as League secretary. He then appointed his cousin German Castro Garcia as senator. Castro was elected a deputy in the 2006 congressional election. Diario Libre reports that meanwhile, Castro has been appointing staff for his office in the Senate.
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Diario Libre comments on how this is the third time in 12 years that Aristy Castro may turn down the post he won in the election for that of the LMD. The LMD handles the purse strings for municipal budgets nationwide.
The ruling PLD party has said that it is not interested in appointing one of their members to the post and has left it up to the opposition to choose the next secretary general. Thus, there are contenders from the PRD and the PRSC. Aristy Castro aspires to continue in the post that is also sought by his fellow PRSC member Johnny Jones, who ran for National District senator on the PRSC ticket in the past congressional election.
For the PRD, Alfredo Pacheco, former president of the Chamber of Deputies, has indicated that he is interested. Pacheco ran for Santo Domingo mayor on the PRD ticket and lost. Pacheco, nevertheless, is disappointed at recent statements by former President Hipolito Mejia, who leads an important faction within the PRD, who has said that he would support a PRSC candidate instead.
In the 2006 congressional and municipal elections, a PRSC faction allied with sectors in the PRD. The PRD, as a political party, has not publicly stated its position on who the party would back.
But yesterday, 52 city mayors sent a letter to the board of the PRD endorsing Aristy Castro continuing at the helm of the LMD.
Diario Libre recalls that when Aristy Castro was elected as senator of La Altagracia in 1998, he delegated his senate seat to Ramon Ricardo Sanchez de la Rosa. In the 2002 election he won again, but chose instead to seek re-election as League secretary. He then appointed his cousin German Castro Garcia as senator. Castro was elected a deputy in the 2006 congressional election. Diario Libre reports that meanwhile, Castro has been appointing staff for his office in the Senate.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)