Dominican Liberation Party

Dominican Liberation Party
Partido de la Liberación Dominicana
Abbreviation PLD
Leader Leonel Fernández
Danilo Medina
President Leonel Fernández
General Secretary Reinaldo Pared Pérez
Founder Juan Bosch
Founded 15 December 1973 (1973-12-15)
Split from Dominican Revolutionary Party
Headquarters Independence Avenue 401, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Newspaper Vanguardia del Pueblo
Ideology Populism
Progressivism
Civic nationalism
Social democracy
Social liberalism
Left-wing nationalism
Political position Centre-left[1]
International affiliation São Paulo Forum
Regional affiliation COPPPAL
Colors          Violet and Yellow
Chamber of Deputies[2]
106 / 190
Senate[3]
26 / 32
Mayors[3]
106 / 155
Central American Parliament[3]
10 / 20
Website
www.pld.org.do
Leonel Fernández, the president of the Dominican Liberation Party

The Dominican Liberation Party[lower-alpha 1] (Spanish: Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, PLD) is the current governing political party in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1973 by former president Juan Bosch, the party, along with the Dominican Revolutionary Party, have dominated politics in the country since the establishment of democracy.

Overview

The party has been elected into office four times now, with Danilo Medina as current President of the Dominican Republic, in the 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012 elections, though losing in 2000. In May 2006 the party and its allies gained control of both houses of Congress.

At the legislative elections, 16 May 2002, the party won 29.1% of the popular vote and 41 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 2 out of 31 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential election of 16 May 2004, Leonel Fernández, won 57.1% of the vote.

Founded by Juan Bosch in 1973, the PLD originally was considerably to the left of Bosch's original party, the Dominican Revolutionary Party. Today the party is seen gravitating towards a more centrist platform and embraces many neoliberal policies away from its post-communist and neomarxist past. Bosch ran for president as the party’s candidate several times, but did not win. Following Bosch’s retirement, Fernandez became the leader of the party and won the 1996 presidential elections after forming an alliance with Dr. Joaquín Balaguer, Bosch’s political enemy for over 30 years. He did not run for another term in 2000, but returned to the presidency in 2004. The party's logo is a yellow five-pointed star on a purple background.

In the 16 May 2006 legislative elections, the party led the Progressive Bloc, that won 96 out of 178 deputies and 22 out of 32 senators.

On May 16, 2008, presidential elections were carried and PLD candidate Leonel Fernández won 54%, defeating 7 other presidential candidates.

On May 16, 2010, congressional and municipal elections held, the Dominican Liberation Party won a majority of Senators (31 of 32) and Representatives, as well the largest number of mayors around the country.

On May 20, 2012 the PLD won its third straight Presidential elections with its candidate Danilo Medina, with 51.2% of the vote, against former President Hipólito Mejía, from the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) who obtained 46.9% on these elections.

By 2016, the PLD will have retained the Presidency of the Dominican Republic for 16 out of the previous 20 years, and will become the only party in Dominican Republic to have attained this achievement in the country's democratic history, after the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo which lasted between 1930 until 1961.

Full members of the Political Committee

MemberAdmissionConditionAge (as 02/13)
Euclides Gutiérrez Féliz1973Full member76
José Joaquín Bidó Medina1973Full member80
Felucho Jiménez1978Full member63
Lidio Cadet1982Full member80
Danilo Medina1990Full member61
Leonel Fernández1990Full member59
Juan Temístocles Montás1990Full member62
Alejandrina Germán1995Full member63
Eduardo Selman1995Full member71
Jaime David Fernández Mirabal1996Full member56
Reinaldo Pared Pérez2000Full member56
Bautista Rojas Gómez2001Full member61
Cristina Lizardo2001Full member54
Francisco Javier García2001Full member53
Franklin Almeyda2001Full member70
José Tomás Pérez2001Full member57
José Ramón Fadul2001Full member60
Ramón Ventura Camejo2001Full member59
Radhamés Segura2001Full member63
Rafael Alburquerque2004Full member72
Carlos Amarante Baret2006Full member52
Alma Fernández2006Full member62
Julio César Valentín2006Full member46
Radhamés Camacho2006Full member54

Temporary members of the Political Committee

MemberAdmissionReasonCondition
Abel Martínez2010Elected President of Chambers of Deputies40
Margarita Cedeño2012Elected Vice-President of the Republic47

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Dominican Liberation Party" is a mistranslation from Spanish to English since the party’s actual name is not Partido Liberación Dominicana but Partido de la Liberación Dominicana. The correct translation is Dominican Liberation’s Party or Party of the Dominican Liberation, rather than Dominican Liberation Party.

References

  1. ↑ "La factibilidad política de las reformas del sector social en América Latina" (PDF). CEPAL, United Nations. p. 49.
  2. ↑ "Busque sus Diputados". Cámara de Diputados de la República Dominicana. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 3
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