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03-18-2008, 04:10 PM
PRD presidential candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado announced yesterday his choice of former president of the Dominican Olympic Committee Jose Joaquin Puello. Puello, a leading neurosurgeon, worked closely with Vargas Maldonado, who was minister of Public Works during the organization of the 2003 Pan American Games that called for billions in construction works. Puello presided the DOC from 1982-2003.
Minority parties also chose their vice presidential candidates at the Monday deadline.
Cuarta Via Presidential candidate Eduardo Estrella has named Hatuey Decamps, of the PRSD (a former president of the PRD), as his vice presidential candidate. Estrella, commenting on his running mate choice, said that the nation's current situation requires a moral revolution. Decamps was the originator of the Cuarta Via scheme that primarily integrated dissidents from the PRSC and PRD parties. Decamps was Secretary of the Presidency during the Salvador Jorge Blanco PRD government 1982-84.
Guillermo Moreno of MIUCA has chosen Maria Teresa Cabrera. She is secretary general of the Dominican Association of Teachers, the public school teacher union. She studied literature and philosophy at the UASD and is an activist with the Foro Social Alternativo movement.
The PRI Trajano Santana of the PRI will run with Ana Ines Polanco, a professional politician, who had run for mayor of Santo Domingo in the 2004 election.
On Saturday, Pedro de Jesus Candelier, running for the PAP, chose physician Gilberto Tejada Jimenez.
On Monday, President Leonel Fernandez of the ruling PLD party announced that Vice President Rafael Alburquerque was again his choice for Vice President. Alburquerque is a recognized national expert on labor law, doctor in law from UASD. He was minister of Labor from 1991-2000. He has worked as coordinator of the social cabinet of the Fernandez administration.
Amable Aristy Castro, PRSC candidate, was the first to announce his running mate. He chose Jose Enrique Sued, the popular mayor of Santiago.
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Minority parties also chose their vice presidential candidates at the Monday deadline.
Cuarta Via Presidential candidate Eduardo Estrella has named Hatuey Decamps, of the PRSD (a former president of the PRD), as his vice presidential candidate. Estrella, commenting on his running mate choice, said that the nation's current situation requires a moral revolution. Decamps was the originator of the Cuarta Via scheme that primarily integrated dissidents from the PRSC and PRD parties. Decamps was Secretary of the Presidency during the Salvador Jorge Blanco PRD government 1982-84.
Guillermo Moreno of MIUCA has chosen Maria Teresa Cabrera. She is secretary general of the Dominican Association of Teachers, the public school teacher union. She studied literature and philosophy at the UASD and is an activist with the Foro Social Alternativo movement.
The PRI Trajano Santana of the PRI will run with Ana Ines Polanco, a professional politician, who had run for mayor of Santo Domingo in the 2004 election.
On Saturday, Pedro de Jesus Candelier, running for the PAP, chose physician Gilberto Tejada Jimenez.
On Monday, President Leonel Fernandez of the ruling PLD party announced that Vice President Rafael Alburquerque was again his choice for Vice President. Alburquerque is a recognized national expert on labor law, doctor in law from UASD. He was minister of Labor from 1991-2000. He has worked as coordinator of the social cabinet of the Fernandez administration.
Amable Aristy Castro, PRSC candidate, was the first to announce his running mate. He chose Jose Enrique Sued, the popular mayor of Santiago.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)