Opposition denounces irregularities before OAS mission

Twelve opposition parties denounced yesterday before the electoral mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) irregularities executed by the government such as the use of state resources, the purchase of votes and the participation of public officials in proselytizing acts .

Representatives of the 12 political entities met with the Head of the OAS Mission, the former president of Chile Eduardo Frei, at the Marriott Hotel in the capital.

“We have emphasized the fact that many of the demands of the opposition parties have not been answered. I want to emphasize that we are here as opposition parties, although we represent different political proposals. However, the abuses and criminal practices that are punishable by law, affect all opposition and all democracy, “said Minou Tavarez Mirabal, vice president of Alianza País.

The former deputy expressed the need for the OAS mission to understand that the response of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to opposition parties has not been timid but has ignored the allegations that have been made.

“As is the fact that there has been the denunciation of the bidding carried out by the Social Power of the Presidency Assistance, and that this is typified as a crime by the Electoral Law. However, the president of the JCE only He simply called the Government to prudence, instead of assuming the powers granted by the electoral law, “explained Tavarez Mirabal.

In addition, the political leader said that the opposition suggested to the OAS some measures since they “are not willing to remain silent and remain calm in the event that they persist in trying to ignore the will of the Dominican people.”

JCE received an OAS mission

The Plenary of the JCE, chaired by Julio César Castaños Guzmán, also received the members of the Electoral Observation Mission for the municipal elections of the OAS, which is headed by Frei.

In addition to the Chief of Mission of the OAS and former president of Chile, Eduardo Frei, Gerardo de Icaza, Director of the Department for Electoral Cooperation and Observation of the OAS, participated; Araceli Azuara, Representative of the OAS General Secretariat in the Dominican Republic; Cristóbal Fernández, Deputy Chief of Mission; Brenda Santamaría, Chief of the Electoral Observation Section; Francisco Pérez, Advisor to the Head of Mission; and Mireya López, Press Officer.

Castaños Guzmán was accompanied by Judges Roberto Saladín Selin, Carmen Imbert Brugal, Rosario Graciano de los Santos and Henry Mejía Oviedo.

This will be the seventeenth election observation mission that the OAS deploys in the Dominican Republic. On this occasion, the organization’s team, which has begun to be deployed in the country since February 7, will be composed of 25 observers and specialists from 12 nationalities, including experts in electoral organization and technology, political financing, Women’s political participation and electoral justice.

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