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Caribbean & Central America - May 2016 (ISSN 1741-4458)
Medina secures re-election but opposition also fares well
The Dominican Republic (DR)’s President Danilo Medina has become the first president to secure consecutive re-election since this was allowed under the changes introduced last year to the 2010 constitution thanks to a deal between the ruling centre-left Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) and its traditional rival, the leftist Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) [RC-15-06]. Medina, whose re-election bid was also backed by the PRD, obtained over 60% of the votes cast in the 15 May general elections. Yet the newly formed opposition party Partido Revolucionario Moderno (PRM) delivered a strong performance in its electoral debut with its presidential candidate, Luis Abinader, receiving a respectable 35% and the party set to win many congressional and municipal seats, consolidating itself as the main opposition party.
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