The Boschist theory, raised by the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) as a guide to action for the country’s leadership, has failed. His rescue, as proposed by management, is not feasible in these circumstances.
In almost half a century of establishment and two decades of government, the basic principles of the mentor and historical leader of that organization, Juan Bosch, have been abducted by a petty intellectual bourgeoisie that has diverted them from their goal of personal gain.
Now that the PLD is entering a complex process of renewal and change, after being surprised by the most shocking internal division and the exorbitant defeat in last year’s three elections, the Dominican people could interpret as demagogic the fact that their decimated leadership embraces again this political philosophy.
Few Dominicans now remember the essence and benefits of “boschism” sold as a theoretical weapon to complete the patriotic work that Juan Pablo Duarte and the Trinitarians began. Or to achieve an independent homeland, in which social justice and respect for human dignity prevail.
Even the new generations do not understand that PLD has betrayed its goal of becoming an alternative to the individualistic, populist and conservative practices that have prevailed in the country. With such original features that Bosch himself went so far as to describe it as a “unique party in Latin America.”
The upper and middle management also removed the basic principles that were part of the “bible” of the PLD: justice and progress. It must not represent, in any way, particular or group interests that are in contradiction with the collective project ”, it is shown in its declaration of principles.
Bosch Odyssey
When former President Bosch abruptly resigned on November 23, 1973, from the leadership of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), which he had founded in Cuba in 1939, he was followed only by a handful of loyal leaders of the so-called Standing Committee. of the white party. The political country trembled in disbelief.
The “teacher”, par excellence, made weak arguments, not convincing to start this new odyssey at that time. He expressed that the PRD has fulfilled its historical role in national politics and that the class struggle is deepening in the form of the attacks of the old against the supporters of the new it represents.
Then, Bosch founded PLD on December 15, 1973 in the discreet Constituent Congress Juan Pablo Duarte, with the motto: “Serve the party to serve the country.” He established that the PLD would propose to complete the work of liberation that the Father of the nation had begun, which he considered would not be easy, when he delivered the discourse with the doctrinal foundations.
Confident that good members of the PRD would join his cause, Bosch formed a cadre party structured by organizations, where political training, financial contributions, and iron discipline were imposed as a priesthood. But everything has eroded since the 1990s, when petty bourgeois groups noticed the weak forces of the leader.
Bosch was defeated as a candidate for the presidency of the PLD in all the electoral processes in which he participated in the period 1978-1994. ticket.
The golden age of the PLD, when no one was talking about Boschism, would really begin in 2004. In that year’s election, the PLD triumphed again with Fernández as the presidential candidate, who was re-elected in the 2008 elections. continued in 2012 with Medina’s triumph, which was re-elected in the 2016 elections.
The most devastating defeat of the PLD took place last year with the candidacy of President Gonzalo Castillo as president. But previously, it had been the most torn division, when in October 2019 its president and one of its two main leaders, former President Fernández, resigned to found the Fuerza del Pueblo party.
Boschist theory
PLD had officially adopted Boschism as a theory of its action in November 1987, inspired by a general and particular set of principles, analyzes, interpretations of historical events, social theses, methods and organizational guidelines of Professor Juan Bosch, in which he raises a transformation of Dominican society. .
His followers considered this set of principles to be the theoretical foundation that allowed them to fully understand and interpret society in its own characteristics of the development of late, dependent, deformed capitalism and an integral part of the third world.
For approval, it was first proposed in the Political Committee, then with 5 votes in favor and 4. Then in the Central Committee, with 19 votes in favor and 15 against, and finally by a grassroots plebiscite, which at approved. with 91.67% of the estates that made up PLD at that time.
This theory is essentially against everything that obscurantism, caudillismo, dogmatism, populism, opportunism and improvisation can represent. Or what is the same, a denial of the new reality imposed on PLD structures in recent decades, long before Bosch’s death on November 1, 2001.
The works that give rise to the “Boschist Theory” are manifested in La Mañosa, continuing with the Dominican Social Composition, Short History of the Oligarchy, Social Classes in the Dominican Republic, Petty Bourgeoisie in the History of the Dominican Republic and Trujillo, Causes of Unparalleled Tyranny.
Other works that support Bosch’s thesis are The Restoration War, The Dictatorship with Popular Support, The Crisis of American Democracy in the Dominican Republic, The State: Origins and Development, The Party: Conception, Organization, and Development.
All became mandatory readings for PLD members in the Romantic era, as well as Marxist texts, as they were considered fundamental recipes for knowing the characteristics of Dominican society and the causes that generated underdevelopment. They also provided a way out of this state of affairs and made a truly free and independent country. Everything was thrown overboard and the ship is in the middle of a storm that is hard to damage.
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Delicate PLD situation
PLD organizes the IX Congress Medina José Joaquín Bidó, where the main objective was a profound renewal of its executive staff at the national level, an extremely complex and difficult task, in the face of resistance from powerful representatives who gained control of absolute power of party structures and would not be willing to give up their positions to young people who are beginning to enter politics, when many beards begin to burn in the courts.
Requirements to be a member.
Among the fundamental requirements for joining the party were the acceptance and support of the theory, principles, strategic and tactical objectives of the party and the observance and observance of the statutes. Also, study, subject your life to standards of public and private honesty. Contribute financially to the party and raise funds from friends and supporters of the organization.