Who's gonna be the Next Prez ?Guys, who do you think has the best chance to be the next prez? Regardless of who wins, the present situation will make him eager to get the hard $$$ that the country desperately needs.
Does anyone out there have some insight into the matter?
Search for the presidential nomination
After failing to push for a constitutional reform to enable President Danilo Medina to attempt a third consecutive term, 8 and having stated on multiple occasions that he would not compete for the presidential nomination, on July 30, 2019 Gonzalo Castillo announced its intention to appear in the primary of the PLD . 9 He immediately reported that his campaign manager would be the executive vice president of the CDEEE , Rubn Bichara. 10
On August 10, the Central Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party selected him along with 10 other pre-candidates to compete for the presidential candidacy in the primaries to be held on October 6. The pre-candidates are: Leonel Fernndez , Francisco Domnguez Brito , Reinaldo Pared Prez, Temstocles Monts, Gonzalo Castillo, Carlos Amarante Baret, Andrs Navarro Garca, Maritza Hernndez, Manuel Crespo, Radhams Segura and Melanio Paredes . 11
The 8 pre-candidates related to President Danilo Medina , including Castillo, agreed to conduct simultaneous polls during the first week of September to decide, according to the preference of the electorate, which one would face Fernndez internally on October 6 in the primaries. open and simultaneous with the support of others. December 13
One month after its launch in search of the presidential nomination by the PLD , with an aggressive advertising campaign on radio and television, it managed to position itself in the first places of preference behind the leaders, Leonel Fernndez and Francisco Domnguez Brito . 14 His speech has been oriented to be identified as the continuation of the work of President Danilo Medina :
"When the mayor of San Cristbal called me 'Gonzalo Medina', Rubn Bichara told me: 'hey, Nelson Guilln was wrong', and I said to him, 'he was not wrong', because saying Gonzalo is the same as saying Danilo Medina" , said 15
Citing disagreement with the way in which Gonzalo Castillo burst onto the political scene and alleging the abusive use of State resources in his favor, Carlos Amarante Baret and the Secretary General of the PLD Reinaldo Pared Prez resigned , on August 28 and September 1 respectively. 16 17 18 In addition, we have criticized his lack of political experience and lack of concrete proposals to address national problems. 19
The situation of discontent and dissatisfaction with the candidacy of Castle in the followers of Danilo Medina has shown the fracture and lack of confidence in the militancy of the PLD governing since 2004. 20
On September 7, he became the unitary pre-candidate for the followers of President Danilo Medina as he was the favorite in three (3), and tied for first place in one (1) of the four (4) surveys carried out.