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07-20-2011, 07:40 PM
Last night the PLD Political Committee approved a decision to hold on 28 August the official announcement of Danilo Medina's candidacy as the presidential candidate for next year's elections. At the end of the meeting, Reinaldo Pared Perez reported that in addition, and at the same time, the party would hold a Convention of delegates in order to comply with the stipulations of the Electoral Law 275-97. The PLD also decided to ratify Pared Perez as Senate president and Cristina Lizardo as vice-president and Abel Martinez and Yomaira Medina as the president and vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies.
On the issue of leadership roles in all the city councils and the spokespersons from the congressional blocs, the committee set up commissions for each chamber to lead the election process. The meeting, held in the PLD Presidential House on Dr. Pineyro Street in Santo Domingo's Zona Universitaria, began at about 8:30pm with the arrival of President Fernandez and ended at 11pm. Vice-President Rafael Alburquerque, Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal and Jose Tomas Perez, a former candidate for the nomination, all sent their apologies.
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On the issue of leadership roles in all the city councils and the spokespersons from the congressional blocs, the committee set up commissions for each chamber to lead the election process. The meeting, held in the PLD Presidential House on Dr. Pineyro Street in Santo Domingo's Zona Universitaria, began at about 8:30pm with the arrival of President Fernandez and ended at 11pm. Vice-President Rafael Alburquerque, Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal and Jose Tomas Perez, a former candidate for the nomination, all sent their apologies.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)