Abel Martínez won the PLD consultation to elect his pre-presidential candidate for 2024

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - In Brief 17 Oct 2022 by Magdalena Lizardo
Abel Martinez won comfortably with 60.9% of the votes, followed by Francisco Dominguez Brito with 20.8% and Margarita Cedeño with 16.2%. Martinez is the current mayor of Santiago, the second largest city in the country. He was elected for the first time for the 2016-2020 period and re-elected for the 2020-2024 period. During 2010-2016 he was President of the Chamber of Deputies. With this election, the electoral panorama for 2024 is defined and the PLD is placed on an equal footing, since the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) and the People's Force (FP) have already clearly identified who their candidates will be. The PRM has President Luis Abinader, who will very likely run for re-election, and the FP has Leonel Fernandez. Around 500,000 voters participated in the consultation. The process has been positively valued for its very good organization and its contribution to the strengthening of democracy. But above all, it has been a way for the PLD to unite its militancy and signal that it can return to power in 2024.

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