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01-23-2007, 04:00 PM
Miguel Vargas Maldonado and Milagros Ortiz Bosch have spent a total of RD$87.6 million on their campaigns for the PRD presidential nominations. Ortiz has spent RD$35.3 million so far while Vargas Maldonado has spent RD$52.2 million on his campaign. This unlimited spending has forced Central Electoral Board (JCE) President Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman to call for the approval of a law to regulate funds given to the political parties by the state. Castanos says that the law would prevent funds from being misused. Castanos also called for the cooperation of all sectors to fight what he calls a crisis in the Civil Registry and a loss of the Dominican identity.
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