Tuesday, May 20, 2008


Leonel Fernández wins presidential elections in Dominican Republic

The Dominican agent, Leonel Fernández, won the presidential elections in the Dominican Republic with 53.83 percent of valid votes, indicating the final bulletin issued by the Central Electoral Board (JCE).

The ruling, aged 53, was favored by 2,199,734 million votes, while his main rival, former minister of Public Works Miguel Vargas, presidential candidate of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), won 1,654,066 million votes , For a 40.48 per cent.

With these results, Fernandez was reelected for a second consecutive term that will begin in August next. Between 1996 and 2000 and had served as head of state when his party got an alliance with the late former president Joaquín Balaguer, then leader of the Reformist Social Christian Party (PRSC). The data are contained in the number nine bulletin issued by the JCE, which also reflected that the former senator Amable Aristy Castro, postulated by the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC), was favored with 187,645 votes or 4.59 percent of votes.

The other four candidates participating in the elections divided the 1.1 percent of the valid votes. The former senator Eduardo Estrella was postulated by the Reform Party Social Democratic Party (PRSD) and attracted 0.47 percent of the votes, while the former prosecutor of the National District, Guillermo Moreno, candidate of the leftist Movement Independence Unity and Change (MIUCA), Reached 0.44 percent.

At elections also introduced the former head of the Police, Pedro de Jesus Candelier, at the head of the People's Action Party (PAP), and who won 0.15 percent of the votes. The Independent Revolutionary Party (PRI), who founded the former president Jacobo Majluta, took as a candidate for the presidency to Trajano Santana, who rose to 0.04 percent of the vote.

The organization of local voting was praised by observers from the Organization of American States (OAS), who emphasized the transparency of the process and the manner in which massive civic and Dominicans went to the polls. More information, click here

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