Although the opposition parties were against, the Plenary of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), headed by its president, Julio César Castaños Guzmán, informed on Saturday the approval of the alliance between the Liberal Reform Party (PLR) and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) for the presidential and congressional elections to be held in May.
PLR and PLD present an alliance at the presidential level and a total alliance at the senatorial level in the 32 provinces of the country.
At the public hearing last Monday, March 2, the delegates of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), People’s Force, National Progressive Force (FNP) and others presented to the JCE plenary session various reasons for the proposed alliance between the PLD and PLR be rejected at full level.
The PRM delegate, Orlando Jorge Mera, said at the hearing that both the form and the time in which it was deposited make it “inadmissible.”
“It is clear that the alliance agreement delivered on February 28 when the deadline expired at midnight on February 25, makes it inadmissible and out of place, in addition to doing so in person and not by the computer system as it was stipulated, “Jorge Mera said in his speech.
Another that referred to the issue was the delegate of the FNP, Juárez Castillo, who added that the PLD cannot “circumvent” the principle of equality established in the Constitution.
“We support what was expressed by the opposition that makes that proposal not even known in this public hearing. That is such a fragrant violation of the statutes established here that what it seems is a mockery towards you (the full JCE)” said Juárez Castillo.
The People’s Force delegate, Manuel Crespo, simply supported the arguments put forward by the other delegates.
Through resolution 25-2020, the JCE approved each of the 185 covenants of alliances, with their specifications, which were signed by the political parties to participate in the Presidential and Congressional general ordinary elections, to be held on May 17 of the year 2020
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