Santo Domingo.- The political leader Domingo Contreras resigned this Wednesday from the Dominican Liberation Party after 40 years of militancy, considering that the country needs an opposition to work with a common agenda and a renewed leadership to face the current challenges.
Contreras, who in the last municipal elections lost the electoral contest for mayor of the National District, said: “This is not goodbye, but the beginning of a new stage to continue contributing from a space where we can build a better future for everyone.” .
He also assured, who did not win the mayoralty of the DN in the February elections because the party he represented at that time did not recognize the need for a renewed leadership and an agenda common opposition.
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«As a candidate for mayor of the National District I faced the challenge of fighting for an alliance that would allow us as an opposition to compete with possibilities of success. However, due to the difficulties in understanding the importance of having a common electoral agenda, we lost 38 congressional seats through the D’ Hondt method. These positions are not just figures, each one represents the opportunity for the Government would not impose its agenda without dialogue with the sectors«Explained Domingo Contreras.
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Likewise, he described the stages of the assumption decline of the opposition party and highlighted that this arose when the political organization resisted to build a solid opposition front.
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«The PLD marked the beginning of a disconnection with its base and the electorate with the internal division of 2019 reflected in the drop to 38% in the 2020 elections, instead of strengthening after the ninth congress and the consultation, the party continued to weaken , resisting building a solid opposition front, as a result, it went from more than 2 million votes in 2016 to barely 400 thousand votes in the last elections“, argument.
The former leader of the purple star party offered the information through a video he shared on his social networks.
