JCE to monitor primaries

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The Central Electoral Board has announced that it will control the political parties' conventions, primaries and assemblies, as reported in Diario Libre. The newspaper editorial was prompt to criticize the decision as a major error by the organization in charge of organizing presidential, congressional and municipal elections in the DR. Diario Libre comments that it would turn the JCE into everyone's referee, even in internal party squabbles, which would divert attention from its essential role. In addition, the newspaper points out that any losing pre-candidate will blame the JCE for their defeat, and could make their work difficult by trying to give voters the impression that the JCE is biased. Furthermore, it points out that holding elections with candidates who have the blessing of the JCE's decisions would lead to it lose a great party of its legitimacy, given that this is a distrustful electorate which has seen it all. Diario Libre calls on the JCE to re-think this decision.

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