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09-25-2006, 05:20 PM
Cid Wilson, president of the Dominican-American National Roundtable and Jose Ramon Bello, member of the Dominican-American Business Network disagree with President Leonel Fernandez's proposal that Dominicans abroad could vote for their own representative in the Dominican Congress on behalf of Dominicans abroad. On September 20, President Leonel Fernandez presented this position at City College in New York City before an estimated audience of 300 Dominican leaders from around the country. Wilson and Bello said that Dominican-Americans needed to focus on political empowerment where they live. At present, 26 Dominicans are serving in public office in the US, but a Dominican has yet to be elected to the United States Congress. "If Dominican-Americans looking to run for office in the US have to compete with Dominican-Americans running for office in the Dominican Republic, it will dilute our political power in the US and hurt our ability to have Dominican representation in the American political system," said Wilson. Cid Wilson also pointed out that over a million Dominicans live in the United States, of whom at least 300,000 are US-born Dominicans.
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