Santo Domingo. The president of the Fuerza del Pueblo (FP) party and former president of the Republic, Leonel Fernández, described the year 2025 as “a horrible year for the Dominican Republic”, by presenting a critical balance of the economic, social and institutional situation of the countryduring the year-end meeting organized by José Francisco Peña Guaba, together with the members of the Great National Electoral Alliance (WE WILL WIN), which groups parties, movements and organizations allied to the FP.
At the beginning of his words, Fernández expressed that it was a great pleasure to meet everyone there, “being received by a friend and brother, José Francisco Peña Guaba”highlighting andl political and human value of the meeting, as well as the cohesion that has been consolidated between the allied forces in the face of the upcoming electoral challenges.
During his speech, the political leader maintained that the Dominican Republic is going through a continuous slowdown in economic growth, which began inhe last quarter of 2024 after the electoral process and deepened throughout 2025.
He indicated that the official projections were corrected on several occasions, going from figures higher than 4 percent to an estimate close to 2.5 percent, which has caused, as he explained, a paralysis of the national economywith a significant drop in business sales and the failure to complete more than half of the works promised by the government.
Fernández warned that this economic situation has been aggravated by the deterioration of public services, particularly electrical systemwith prolonged blackouts that even affected the Las Americas International Airportprojecting a negative image of the country to the world. He also pointed out the recent incidents linked to the mismanagement of a substation in San Pedro de Macorís, that made an impact severe in the Santo Domingo Metro and the cable caror, generating situations of anguish, panic and risk for thousands of citizens.
In that same context, he cited the deficiencies in the supply of drinking water in different communities and the failure of the tax reform project presented by the government, which, he stated, intended to significantly affect the people where it hurts most, through the increase in food prices.
When referring to the case of the National Health Insurance (Senasa), the president of the Power of the People He stated that the country faces “the biggest scandal in Dominican history,” which he defined as “the great scam on the poor,” pointing out that this case summarizes the collapse of government credibility and the breaking of the bond of trust with citizens.
Fernández maintained that, faced with this panorama, a deep crisis of confidence has set in. “People have stopped believing, the illusion has disappeared, the trust has evaporated,” he expressed, while affirming that the P governmentModern Revolutionary Art “he has no way of regaining the trust of the people,” after remembering that the PRM He came to power flying the flag of change and transparency, but has ended up defrauding the population, today representing regression and institutional deterioration.
In contrast, he stated that broad support for the opposition political project, made up of the Force of the People, the Social Democratic Institutional Bloca (BIS), the Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party (PQDC), the Institutional Democratic Party (PDI), the Christian Socialist Party (PSC) and other allied organizations, with support not only from the popular sectors, but also from professionals, businessmen and representatives of the middle classwho understand that to move forward as a country it is essential to recover lost trust.
The former president explained that the year 2026 will be key to deepening the political organization, applying the 35 measures adopted in the Ordinary Congress of the Power of the People and continue expanding the policy of alliances, with the aim of forming a solid bloc that will allow us to reach power in the year 2028. He maintained that the faith, optimism and trust of the people today are reflected in this opposition project and that there is a commitment to honor that trust by always being on the side of the Dominican people.
At the end of his speech, Leonel Fernandez took the opportunity to wish a happy Easter and a happy and prosperous year 2026which he defined as the year of consolidation of the victory projected for 2028, reiterating his message of closeness, commitment and hope.
