US ambassador suggests that DR avoid concentration of power
Brewster argued for a multi-party system
Diario Libre
SANTO DOMINGO. The United States ambassador in the country, James Brewster, said that he felt that in the Dominican Republic there should not be a concentration of power in a single political party.
The diplomat said that in the Dominican party system several political forces should co0exist, in order to strengthen the democracy.
"There should be multiple parties, it is their duty to be something very solid. Very robust, that do not concentrate the forces, there should be several important, solid parties," he stressed.
However, he made it clear that "it is important for the Dominican people that it be the Dominicans themselves that decide the way that they are going to adopt their political system in a democracy like this, the Dominican democracy, it is the Dominican system that should determine how they are going to go politically evolving."
Interviewed on the "Sol de la Mañana" (the Sunny Morning) radio show, the United States diplomat highlighted the fact that the United States is not interfering in the creation of parties or in the elections of a country, since this is up to the democratic system and to the votes of the citizens of each country, in order to determine how their political system is going to work out.
Regarding his meetings with the presidents of the Dominican Liberation Party, Leonel Fernandez, and the Dominican Revolutionary Party, Miguel Vargas, as well as the presidential candidate Luis Abinader and the former President Hipolito Mejia, Brewster pointed out that the objective of these meetings has been and is to learn about the concerns and suggestions of important leaders in Dominican activities.
He listened to politicians
The United States ambassador said that his duty as a diplomat is to listen to the position of each important leader in the country, although they think differently, because in this way an opinion can be formed and the assistance that the US can provide to the Dominican Republic can be more efficient and effective.
On the other hand he made it clear that his country has not reduced its support of the Dominican Republic in its fight against drug trafficking.
The diplomat said that in the Dominican party system several political forces should co0exist, in order to strengthen the democracy.
"There should be multiple parties, it is their duty to be something very solid. Very robust, that do not concentrate the forces, there should be several important, solid parties," he stressed.
However, he made it clear that "it is important for the Dominican people that it be the Dominicans themselves that decide the way that they are going to adopt their political system in a democracy like this, the Dominican democracy, it is the Dominican system that should determine how they are going to go politically evolving."
Interviewed on the "Sol de la Mañana" (the Sunny Morning) radio show, the United States diplomat highlighted the fact that the United States is not interfering in the creation of parties or in the elections of a country, since this is up to the democratic system and to the votes of the citizens of each country, in order to determine how their political system is going to work out.
Regarding his meetings with the presidents of the Dominican Liberation Party, Leonel Fernandez, and the Dominican Revolutionary Party, Miguel Vargas, as well as the presidential candidate Luis Abinader and the former President Hipolito Mejia, Brewster pointed out that the objective of these meetings has been and is to learn about the concerns and suggestions of important leaders in Dominican activities.
He listened to politicians
The United States ambassador said that his duty as a diplomat is to listen to the position of each important leader in the country, although they think differently, because in this way an opinion can be formed and the assistance that the US can provide to the Dominican Republic can be more efficient and effective.
On the other hand he made it clear that his country has not reduced its support of the Dominican Republic in its fight against drug trafficking.
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