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09-05-2007, 05:10 PM
For the first time in Dominican political history, a presidential candidate will be listed by a coalition of 14 or more political parties, headed by the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), as reported in Hoy. With eight months still to go for the 16 May 2008 presidential election, of 21 political organizations recognized by the Central Electoral Board, at the time of writing, half will be presenting Fernandez as their candidate. In the 2004 presidential election, six parties fielded Fernandez, who was able to win in a first round with 2,063,871 votes or 57.11%. The opposition party, PRD, presented Hipolito Mejia, who sought re-election and obtained 1,215,928 votes or 33.65%. The PRSC with Eduardo Estrella received 312,493 votes, or 8.65%, the lowest percentage that party has ever obtained in an election.
Parties that have already announced their support for Fernandez's candidacy are: Alianza por la Democracia (APD), Max Puig; Quisqueyano Democrata (PQD), Elias Wessin Chavez; Bloque Institucional Social Democrata (BIS), Jose Francisco Pena Guaba; Democrata Popular (PDP), Nelson Didiez; Nacional de Veteranos y Civiles (PNVC) Thania Baez and Trabajadores Dominicanos (PTD), Jose Gonzalez Espinosa.
Also Renacentista Nacional (PRN), Agustin Encarnacion Montero; Popular Cristiano (PPC), Hector Rafael Peguero Mendez; Liberal de la Republica Dominicana (PLRD), Andres Vanderhorst; Fuerza Nacional Progresista (FNP), Marino Vinicio Castillo; Union Democrata Cristiano (UDC), Luis Acosta Moreta; Unidad Nacional (PUN), Pedro Corporan and Humanista Dominicano (PHD).
Hoy reports that the PLD has ties with these minority parties and has appointed several of their leaders to government posts.
The newspaper goes on to explain that minority parties that have not yet announced their alliances are Partido Revolucionario Independiente (PRI), Trajano Santana; Unidad Democratica (UD), Fausto Sicard Moya; Alianza Social Dominicana (ASD), Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio (MIUCA), Virtudes Alvarez; Partido Popular Reformista (PRP), Amilcar Romero. The JCE is yet to decide on recognition for the Partido Alianza Popular (PAP), Pedro de Jesus Candelier.
Other political electoral movements bring together former PRSC presidential candidate supporters, including the Consejo Presidencial with Carlos Morales Troncoso and Alexandra Izquierdo's Consenso Electoral Reformista, both of whom hold posts in the PLD government.
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Parties that have already announced their support for Fernandez's candidacy are: Alianza por la Democracia (APD), Max Puig; Quisqueyano Democrata (PQD), Elias Wessin Chavez; Bloque Institucional Social Democrata (BIS), Jose Francisco Pena Guaba; Democrata Popular (PDP), Nelson Didiez; Nacional de Veteranos y Civiles (PNVC) Thania Baez and Trabajadores Dominicanos (PTD), Jose Gonzalez Espinosa.
Also Renacentista Nacional (PRN), Agustin Encarnacion Montero; Popular Cristiano (PPC), Hector Rafael Peguero Mendez; Liberal de la Republica Dominicana (PLRD), Andres Vanderhorst; Fuerza Nacional Progresista (FNP), Marino Vinicio Castillo; Union Democrata Cristiano (UDC), Luis Acosta Moreta; Unidad Nacional (PUN), Pedro Corporan and Humanista Dominicano (PHD).
Hoy reports that the PLD has ties with these minority parties and has appointed several of their leaders to government posts.
The newspaper goes on to explain that minority parties that have not yet announced their alliances are Partido Revolucionario Independiente (PRI), Trajano Santana; Unidad Democratica (UD), Fausto Sicard Moya; Alianza Social Dominicana (ASD), Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio (MIUCA), Virtudes Alvarez; Partido Popular Reformista (PRP), Amilcar Romero. The JCE is yet to decide on recognition for the Partido Alianza Popular (PAP), Pedro de Jesus Candelier.
Other political electoral movements bring together former PRSC presidential candidate supporters, including the Consejo Presidencial with Carlos Morales Troncoso and Alexandra Izquierdo's Consenso Electoral Reformista, both of whom hold posts in the PLD government.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)