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Weekly Report - 14 June 2012 (WR-12-23)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Defeat deepens divisions in main opposition
Subjected to a third consecutive term in opposition, the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) is descending into a bitter internal struggle. Its presidential candidate, former president Hipólito Mejía (2000-2004) is blaming everyone but himself for the defeat he tasted at the hands of Danilo Medina and the ruling Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) on 20 May. He sent a report to the Organization of American States (OAS) accusing the government of violating every conceivable electoral regulation to ensure a PLD victory, and he is accusing the PRD party president, Miguel Vargas Maldonado, his main internal political rival, of collusion with the ruling party.
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