US EditionAbinader Promulgates Law Eliminates Independent Candidacies
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The Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) respects the decision of the National Congress to repeal by law articles 156, 157 and 158 of Law 20-23, which provided for independent candidatures in the country. “We respect the decision of the Congress, as we initially respected the existence of independent candidatures and requested that they be regulated. We respected them because Congress had decided that they existed in the Party Law,” declared PLD Gen…
Law 13-26, which eliminates independent candidacies and was enacted by President Luis Abinader, is based on the premise that “the presentation of candidacies is reserved for political parties, groups, and movements,” a statement that in practice implies a monopoly of these organizations over nominations. However, in its ruling TC/0788/24, the Constitutional Court (TC) held the opposite, establishing that the Dominican Constitution “does not mono…
Santo Domingo.— President Luis Abinader promulgated Law No. 13-26, which eliminates independent candidates from the Dominican electoral system. The regulations, approved by the National Congress, repeal articles 156, 157 and 158 of Law 20-23, which provided for such applications. (Read more...) The entry Abinader promulgates law eliminates independent candidates was first published in Remolacha - News Dominican Republic.
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