Republican Senate Liberation Party (PLD) spokesman Aris Yván Lorenzo said former President Leonel Fernández “recognizes and ratifies in his calculations” the decision of the Central Electoral Council (JCE) to place it as a party. minority.
“A partial confession, he revealed evidence. Let’s hope that the algorithm is not invoked “, said the representative of the province Elías Piña, recalling the statements of the president of the Popular Force, at a time when” he was at a disadvantage in the open primaries of the PLD after the JCE results
Lorenzo described as adhering to the law and the Constitution of the Republic the decision taken by the JCE regarding the distribution of funds and the placement of ballots, where only the PLD and the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) appear as a majority.
“As the Council did, so did the former president of the People’s Force,” the legislator insisted, after representatives of the People’s Force protested against the decision taken by the Senate during the working session of the Senate.
Also, a member of the Central Committee of the PLD, presented a video in which Fernández is presented defending his political organization and stating that the law states that the calculation to determine whether a political organization is a majority is based on the last election.
“What were the last elections? The one that has to do with the presidential, the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies and overseas. The municipality was in March, therefore, it is not calculated for funding purposes “, Fernández said in the video.