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04-08-2011, 05:40 PM
President Leonel Fernandez, for years reticent to speak to the general public, announced his fourth major speech in less than two months. The speech is scheduled for 9pm.
Earlier speeches were the 27 February state of the nation address, a speech on 17 March to explain new difficulties created by the increasing petrol prices, and a speech to his followers on 27 March at the Palacio de los Deportes. Fernandez presided over the mega event where the reportedly 2.2 million signatures of those who bid for his reelection secured by re-election campaign advocates were presented to him.
So far, the President has been ambiguous regarding whether he will run for President in 2012. The 2010 Constitution specifies that the President cannot be reelected for the next constitutional period. But his predecessor Hipolito Mejia changed the Constitution so he could run for re-election in 2004. Fernandez himself backed constitutional reform that lead to the 2010 Constitution that now allows him to run in 2016, while not in 2012. The 2004 Constitution had limited re-election to two periods and thus banned Fernandez from running for office again.
Coinciding with the announcement of the speech, full-page advertisements have appeared in the press highlighting the virtues of First Lady Margarita Cedeno. Earlier, President Leonel Fernandez had supported the candidacy of Vice President Rafael Alburquerque. The advertisements fuel speculation the President would announce he would not consider being the PLD candidate in 2012.
The talk will be two days before the PLD is scheduled to meet to choose the party's pre-candidates for the 2012 presidential election primary. The PLD primary is scheduled for 26 June. The contenders for the primary are: Danilo Medina, Rafael Alburquerque, Margarita Cedeno, Jose Tomas Perez, Franklin Almeyda Rancier, Radhames Segura and Francisco Dominguez Brito. Medina leads the pre-candidates by far, but for years has been a Fernandez dissident after he competed against Fernandez for the PLD presidential candidacy. Medina was the PLD candidate in 2000, losing to PRD's Hipolito Mejia.
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Earlier speeches were the 27 February state of the nation address, a speech on 17 March to explain new difficulties created by the increasing petrol prices, and a speech to his followers on 27 March at the Palacio de los Deportes. Fernandez presided over the mega event where the reportedly 2.2 million signatures of those who bid for his reelection secured by re-election campaign advocates were presented to him.
So far, the President has been ambiguous regarding whether he will run for President in 2012. The 2010 Constitution specifies that the President cannot be reelected for the next constitutional period. But his predecessor Hipolito Mejia changed the Constitution so he could run for re-election in 2004. Fernandez himself backed constitutional reform that lead to the 2010 Constitution that now allows him to run in 2016, while not in 2012. The 2004 Constitution had limited re-election to two periods and thus banned Fernandez from running for office again.
Coinciding with the announcement of the speech, full-page advertisements have appeared in the press highlighting the virtues of First Lady Margarita Cedeno. Earlier, President Leonel Fernandez had supported the candidacy of Vice President Rafael Alburquerque. The advertisements fuel speculation the President would announce he would not consider being the PLD candidate in 2012.
The talk will be two days before the PLD is scheduled to meet to choose the party's pre-candidates for the 2012 presidential election primary. The PLD primary is scheduled for 26 June. The contenders for the primary are: Danilo Medina, Rafael Alburquerque, Margarita Cedeno, Jose Tomas Perez, Franklin Almeyda Rancier, Radhames Segura and Francisco Dominguez Brito. Medina leads the pre-candidates by far, but for years has been a Fernandez dissident after he competed against Fernandez for the PLD presidential candidacy. Medina was the PLD candidate in 2000, losing to PRD's Hipolito Mejia.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)