Agreement reached to create an opposition alliance for 2024 elections

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - In Brief 21 Aug 2023 by Magdalena Lizardo

Today the three main opposition parties of the Dominican Republic, PLD, FP and PRD, announced the creation of the opposition alliance Rescate RD (DR Rescue) to present common candidacies in the next 2024 elections. The agreement proposes 4 common candidacies to positions in the Senate of the Republic, 286 positions at the municipal level for a coverage of 60% of the national territory. The PLD, the FP and the PRD also reached an agreement at the presidential level that establishes that, in case neither of their presidential candidates achieves victory in the first round election but there is a second round, all will support any candidate of the Alliance that qualifies for that round, either in first or second place. With the announcement of the creation of the opposition alliance, the occurrence of a second round for the presidential election becomes more likely and uncertainty about the expected result increases.

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