The opening to the reelection of Danilo shakes the political environment
PRSC says nobody takes such good care of their image and then leaves power
Abel Guzmán Then
SANTO DOMINGO. The announcement by President Danilo Medina that he would postpone his final decision regarding the request that movements and officials have made to him to seek reelection, yesterday shook up the political environment, causing contradictory positions.
The leadership of the recently born Majority Revolutionary Party (PRM) refused to talk about the position that their 32 deputy's would take if a modification of the Constitution that would permit the re-nomination of President Danilo Medina were to be put before the National Congress.
The president of the party, Andres Bautista, said that they would take a decision if an initiative to reform the Magna Carta on this issue was submitted.
"We feel that this thing they are trying to do, which some very important officials are doing, is a way of distracting the attention of the Dominican people and to consolidate a certain degree of unity on the part of the government," said Bautista.
The Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus) and the Dominican Alliance Against Corruption (Adocco) rejected the possibility of a constitutional reform to permit consecutive reelection, after saying the experience of this country in these processes has been negative.
Servio Tulio Castaños, the vice president of Finjus, recalled that in 2008 the President opposed reelection and he gave reasons that the people considered to be valid.
Julio Cesar de la Rosa, of Adocco, said that the creation of a reelectionist project was "was pitiful", due to the fact that the country has had to pay a high price modifying its Magna Carta motivated by reelection, as occurred during the administration of former President Hipolito Mejia.
The President of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), Miguel Vargas, has assured that this organization will oppose consecutive reelection.
In the Congress
The Secretary General of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) and spokesman for the deputies, Ramon Rogelio Genao, said that reelection is neither good or bad, but rather that the problem has been in the use of state funds for the campaign.
Genao assured reporters that at the present time there are serious efforts from the government and a majority sector of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) to modify the Constitution and permit reelection.
"Nobody takes care so jealously of his popular acceptance and maintains it at those levels if he does not have the mission to stay in power, nobody able to stay (in power) is going to leave and go home to rest four years with the intention of returning," he stressed.
He pointed out that they reformists are re-electionists by tradition.
The spokesman for the PLD senators, Adriano Sanchez Roa, said that President Medina and former President Leonel Fernandez have the power in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies to decide what is most convenient for the country.
But the PLD deputy, Gustavo Sanchez, warned that reelection divides the country, and is an issue that is to be decided in the Political Committee.
Strategy or a change of opinion?
The decision of President Danilo Medina is interpreted in two ways. The first looks towards a strategic play in order to not politically discard himself at the halfway point of his administration at a time in which there is an intense activism within the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), which involves his predecessor, Leonel Fernandez. Medina, as an intelligent politician, could be waiting a while in order to reiterate his very firm anti-reelection position at the beginning of the year. Another theory points towards Medina possibly reconsidering his position taking into account his high degree of acceptance.
The leadership of the recently born Majority Revolutionary Party (PRM) refused to talk about the position that their 32 deputy's would take if a modification of the Constitution that would permit the re-nomination of President Danilo Medina were to be put before the National Congress.
The president of the party, Andres Bautista, said that they would take a decision if an initiative to reform the Magna Carta on this issue was submitted.
"We feel that this thing they are trying to do, which some very important officials are doing, is a way of distracting the attention of the Dominican people and to consolidate a certain degree of unity on the part of the government," said Bautista.
The Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus) and the Dominican Alliance Against Corruption (Adocco) rejected the possibility of a constitutional reform to permit consecutive reelection, after saying the experience of this country in these processes has been negative.
Servio Tulio Castaños, the vice president of Finjus, recalled that in 2008 the President opposed reelection and he gave reasons that the people considered to be valid.
Julio Cesar de la Rosa, of Adocco, said that the creation of a reelectionist project was "was pitiful", due to the fact that the country has had to pay a high price modifying its Magna Carta motivated by reelection, as occurred during the administration of former President Hipolito Mejia.
The President of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), Miguel Vargas, has assured that this organization will oppose consecutive reelection.
In the Congress
The Secretary General of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) and spokesman for the deputies, Ramon Rogelio Genao, said that reelection is neither good or bad, but rather that the problem has been in the use of state funds for the campaign.
Genao assured reporters that at the present time there are serious efforts from the government and a majority sector of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) to modify the Constitution and permit reelection.
"Nobody takes care so jealously of his popular acceptance and maintains it at those levels if he does not have the mission to stay in power, nobody able to stay (in power) is going to leave and go home to rest four years with the intention of returning," he stressed.
He pointed out that they reformists are re-electionists by tradition.
The spokesman for the PLD senators, Adriano Sanchez Roa, said that President Medina and former President Leonel Fernandez have the power in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies to decide what is most convenient for the country.
But the PLD deputy, Gustavo Sanchez, warned that reelection divides the country, and is an issue that is to be decided in the Political Committee.
Strategy or a change of opinion?
The decision of President Danilo Medina is interpreted in two ways. The first looks towards a strategic play in order to not politically discard himself at the halfway point of his administration at a time in which there is an intense activism within the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), which involves his predecessor, Leonel Fernandez. Medina, as an intelligent politician, could be waiting a while in order to reiterate his very firm anti-reelection position at the beginning of the year. Another theory points towards Medina possibly reconsidering his position taking into account his high degree of acceptance.
Abel Guzmán Then
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