The two main opposition parties, that of the Dominican Liberation (PLD) and the People’s Force (FP), will be in the streets this weekend, each one will swear in sympathizers in the provinces of San Juan and Duarte, respectively.
The ex-president Danilo Medina will accompany Abel Martínez, a virtual PLD candidate, to the Granero del Sur, where according to the PLD, 22,728 people will be sworn in who will join the organization.
The activity will be on Sunday at 10:00 in the morning in the low roof of Villa Flores, in the main municipality of San Juan de la Maguana.
In addition, Charlie Mariotti, general secretary of the PLDand a representation of the Political Committee and the Commission for the Implementation of the Organizational and Electoral Line (Ciloe), according to the PLD it’s a statement.
The People’s Force in San Francisco
On his side, the former President of the Republic, Leonel Fernandezwill be on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 in San Francisco de Macorís and other towns in the Duarte province.
A note indicates that, at 11:00 in the morning this Saturday, Fernández will meet with rice producers from Bajo Yuna, with whom he will talk about the situation in that sector.
In addition, he will have lunch with agricultural businessmen from the Duarte province. Then, at 3:00 in the afternoon, he will inaugurate the premises of the People’s Force in the municipal district of Las Táranas.
At 4:00 in the afternoon, Fernández will hold a meeting with organic cacao producers from the municipality of Castillo, and at night, he will lead a private dinner to raise funds to finance FP activities.
On Sunday, at 11:00 in the morning, the ex-president will be in the Mario Ortega indoor pavilion, where he will swear in new militants, according to the statement.
The FP indicated that, among the new followers, there are leaders who migrated from other parties, such as the Modern Revolutionary; community leaders, religious and farmers.
PRM also active
On its side, the government party also carried out several massive activities that week. The last one was the swearing in of the mayor of Fantino, Jose Estevezwho went from the Civic Renewal Party to the DRPduring an activity led by José Ignacio Paliza.
Are they proselytizing activities?
The parties hide behind the article 43 of Law 33-18, on Political Parties, Groups and Movements to carry out their massive activities, with the exception that they are closed places.
Regarding the propaganda allowed in the pre-campaign, the article points out: “Meetings in closed rooms, house-to-house visits, meetings and other types of similar activities, as long as they involve militants and sympathizers of the party, group or political movement that supports the candidatures”.
It was through activities such as the above that the parties made a mea culpa by acknowledging before the Central Electoral Board (JCE) a premature campaign.
In this sense, the Plenary of the governing body gave the organizations the draft of a regulation in order to enforce the rules. The document was studied and observed by the delegates and was returned to the Board to take the observations into account.
