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05-21-2012, 02:20 PM
Tabare Vazquez, chief of the Organization of American States (OAS) observer mission, described Sunday's Dominican election as a demonstration of civism and democracy in which the Dominican people had delivered an exemplary demonstration of civism and responsibility, in a press conference yesterday.
The former President of Uruguay said there had been some incidents and urged the population to await the final results. He concluded that the number of incidents compared to the number of votes shows there was no influence. He announced they would be making their recommendations and said this would include that the candidate who is elected President should not interfere with the electoral process in the future. It has been customary for the President of the Republic to back the ruling party candidacy with state resources.
"If we are talking of 10 or 15 claims of irregularities, or 20 claims, that cannot affect a vote of several millions of citizens," he said, as reported in Diario Libre. He said that the report would include complaints about the suspected purchase of voting cards and the use of state resources in the PLD campaign.
At a press conference, Tabare Vazquez conveyed OAS secretary general Jose Miguel Insulza's congratulations to the Dominican people and President-elect Danilo Medina and Vice-President-elect Margarita Cedeno for the successful election, now that 99% of the vote has been counted.
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The former President of Uruguay said there had been some incidents and urged the population to await the final results. He concluded that the number of incidents compared to the number of votes shows there was no influence. He announced they would be making their recommendations and said this would include that the candidate who is elected President should not interfere with the electoral process in the future. It has been customary for the President of the Republic to back the ruling party candidacy with state resources.
"If we are talking of 10 or 15 claims of irregularities, or 20 claims, that cannot affect a vote of several millions of citizens," he said, as reported in Diario Libre. He said that the report would include complaints about the suspected purchase of voting cards and the use of state resources in the PLD campaign.
At a press conference, Tabare Vazquez conveyed OAS secretary general Jose Miguel Insulza's congratulations to the Dominican people and President-elect Danilo Medina and Vice-President-elect Margarita Cedeno for the successful election, now that 99% of the vote has been counted.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)