In the PLD convention, 47.23% voted
According to the CNE, of the 2,251,831 persons registered on the party voting rolls, 1,063,617 voted
SD. In the primaries of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), held last Sunday to elect the presidential candidate for the 2012 elections, 1,063,617 members of the rank and file voted, which represented 47.23% of the 2,251,831 persons registered in the party.
The votes received by Medina were the most achieved by a nomination hopeful in the history of the pLD primaries, since the year 2003, when this method was first used to choose the candidate.
In the primaries of that year, held on 29 June, President Leonel Fernandez won by a wide margin, receiving 416,102 of the 493,284 votes cast, 87.19%, against the 58,807 votes cast for the closest competitor, Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal. For those primaries, the PLD voting rolls had 863,000 persons listed.
And in the convention of 6 May 2007, in which there were 1,169,913 persons enrolled in the PLD, only 574,297 voted and Fernandez defeated Medina when he received 71.55% of the votes (403,577 against 160,505) with Medina obtaining 28.45%.
The "YES" also won
According to the final bulletin of the CNE, 690,433 (67.21%) voted for the "Yes" option, supporting the proposal of the Political Committee and the Central Committee that the current party leaders remain in their posts for five more years. On the other hand, the "NO" vote was 336,890 (32.79%). The plebiscite saw 1,062,407 votes issued, of which 1,027,323 were valid and 35,084 were voided.
Last night, the PLD press secretary, Hector Olivo, reported that the CNE had been working yesterday until 6:26 p.m. at which time they issued the last bulletin. After the final vote count, he said all that remained for the National Electoral Commission to do was to deliver the report to the Political Committee so that party organ could program the delegate's convention which will proclaim Danilo Medina as the candidate.
Danilo speaks
The presidential candidate-elect, Danilo Medina, said yesterday that he was confident that President Leonel Fernandez would integrate fully into his campaign for the 2012 elections.
He also pointed out that this was not the time to speak of the PLD vice-presidential candidate. Medina received the visit of Vice-President Rafael Alburquerque at his campaign headquarters on Sarasota Avenue in the capital. Alburquerque congratulated him and announced that he would take to the streets to support the triumph of the PLD in 2012. He said that over the next few days he would be immersed in party affairs with the idea of guaranteeing the people that there is no retreat or uncertainty in the Dominican Republic.
President Leonel Fernandez congratulates Danilo on his victory
The President of the Republic and of the Dominican Liberation Party, Leonel Fernandez, congratulated Danilo Medina yesterday on his victory in the party primaries and placed himself at his disposition with the aim of obtaining an overwhelming victory in the coming elections of May 2010.
The PLD leader stressed the powerful demonstrations of discipline and party loyalty in evidence throughout the political entity before, during and after the primary process, which was held last Sunday.
"I congratulate the members and leaders of the PLD rank and file for this example of political unity and maturity that was demonstrated I n the internal process last Sunday," he said.
Fernandez reiterated that the PLD internal unity guarantees another triumph of the organization in the next presidential elections.
The votes received by Medina were the most achieved by a nomination hopeful in the history of the pLD primaries, since the year 2003, when this method was first used to choose the candidate.
In the primaries of that year, held on 29 June, President Leonel Fernandez won by a wide margin, receiving 416,102 of the 493,284 votes cast, 87.19%, against the 58,807 votes cast for the closest competitor, Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal. For those primaries, the PLD voting rolls had 863,000 persons listed.
And in the convention of 6 May 2007, in which there were 1,169,913 persons enrolled in the PLD, only 574,297 voted and Fernandez defeated Medina when he received 71.55% of the votes (403,577 against 160,505) with Medina obtaining 28.45%.
The "YES" also won
According to the final bulletin of the CNE, 690,433 (67.21%) voted for the "Yes" option, supporting the proposal of the Political Committee and the Central Committee that the current party leaders remain in their posts for five more years. On the other hand, the "NO" vote was 336,890 (32.79%). The plebiscite saw 1,062,407 votes issued, of which 1,027,323 were valid and 35,084 were voided.
Last night, the PLD press secretary, Hector Olivo, reported that the CNE had been working yesterday until 6:26 p.m. at which time they issued the last bulletin. After the final vote count, he said all that remained for the National Electoral Commission to do was to deliver the report to the Political Committee so that party organ could program the delegate's convention which will proclaim Danilo Medina as the candidate.
Danilo speaks
The presidential candidate-elect, Danilo Medina, said yesterday that he was confident that President Leonel Fernandez would integrate fully into his campaign for the 2012 elections.
He also pointed out that this was not the time to speak of the PLD vice-presidential candidate. Medina received the visit of Vice-President Rafael Alburquerque at his campaign headquarters on Sarasota Avenue in the capital. Alburquerque congratulated him and announced that he would take to the streets to support the triumph of the PLD in 2012. He said that over the next few days he would be immersed in party affairs with the idea of guaranteeing the people that there is no retreat or uncertainty in the Dominican Republic.
President Leonel Fernandez congratulates Danilo on his victory
The President of the Republic and of the Dominican Liberation Party, Leonel Fernandez, congratulated Danilo Medina yesterday on his victory in the party primaries and placed himself at his disposition with the aim of obtaining an overwhelming victory in the coming elections of May 2010.
The PLD leader stressed the powerful demonstrations of discipline and party loyalty in evidence throughout the political entity before, during and after the primary process, which was held last Sunday.
"I congratulate the members and leaders of the PLD rank and file for this example of political unity and maturity that was demonstrated I n the internal process last Sunday," he said.
Fernandez reiterated that the PLD internal unity guarantees another triumph of the organization in the next presidential elections.