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Weekly Report - 01 April 2015 (WR-15-13)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Ruling PLD split over re-election
President Danilo Medina and his predecessor thrice president Leonel Fernández (1996-2000; 2004-2012) are locked in an undeclared internal power struggle within the ruling Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD). Medina has been careful not to announce his intention to seek re-election. But he is so popular there is a move within the PLD to reform the constitution to allow him to stand for immediate re-election in May 2016. Fernández, who wants a fourth term in office, opposes this and has strong support within the party himself. In the face of a weak and disunited opposition, the PLD can afford the luxury of squabbling over its presidential candidate but if it gets too acrimonious it could open the door.
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