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04-18-2011, 09:10 PM
So far Congress has followed President Leonel Fernandez's guidelines, but now Diario Libre reports that the balance of power in the Chamber of Deputies has shifted. As reported, the PLD and their allies hold the majority with 99 deputies, while the PRD has 75 and the PRSC has 9. Of the PLD, 40 are said to be loyal to President Leonel Fernandez, while another 50 are tied to presidential pre-candidate Danilo Medina.
Three are allies of the Bloque Institutional Social Democrata, the Alianza por la Democracia and the Fuerza Nacional Progresista. Five deputies are said not to have ties with the PLD.
In the PRD, before the primary Miguel Vargas was said to hold the majority of the party deputies, or 30. But since former President Hipolito Mejia secured the PRD nomination, there has been a shift. Now Mejia is said to have 28, Vargas 15, and Luis Abinader the same 10 he had before. In the case of the Reformists, two deputies are said to support PRSC senator Amable Aristy Castro.
"In these circumstances, any initiative that requires an absolute majority for approval will require some negotiation within the PLD, where Medina now holds the majority. Likewise, for a two-thirds majority, they will have to negotiate within the PLD.
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Three are allies of the Bloque Institutional Social Democrata, the Alianza por la Democracia and the Fuerza Nacional Progresista. Five deputies are said not to have ties with the PLD.
In the PRD, before the primary Miguel Vargas was said to hold the majority of the party deputies, or 30. But since former President Hipolito Mejia secured the PRD nomination, there has been a shift. Now Mejia is said to have 28, Vargas 15, and Luis Abinader the same 10 he had before. In the case of the Reformists, two deputies are said to support PRSC senator Amable Aristy Castro.
"In these circumstances, any initiative that requires an absolute majority for approval will require some negotiation within the PLD, where Medina now holds the majority. Likewise, for a two-thirds majority, they will have to negotiate within the PLD.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)