Luis Abinader was re-elected president of the Dominican Republic within the first spherical

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Santo Domingo.-The present president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, was re-elected within the first spherical, with nearly 60% of the votes, virtually double these obtained by the candidate in second place, former president Leonel Fernández.

A complete of 8,145,548 individuals had been referred to as to take part within the course of, which was evaluated by some 2,000 observers, greater than 400 from worldwide organizations which have shaped 20 missions and greater than 1,500 nationals.

“Your civility and participation had been basic to giving the picture of an exemplary nation, with deep democratic convictions. The individuals have spoken clearly, Dominicans need to proceed deepening the change. I assume the belief that I’ve acquired and the duty to not disappoint it. “I can’t fail you,” mentioned the already re-elected president in his first speech after the primary outcomes.

In line with knowledge from the Central Electoral Board, the second most voted candidate was the three-time president Leonel Fernández, of the progressive Fuerza del Pueblo, whereas in third place was the previous president of the Chamber of Deputies and mayor of Santiago (second metropolis of the nation), Abel Martínez, with 10.73%.

Exactly, each candidates have already acknowledged Abinader’s victory within the elections by way of messages on social networks, although the vote depend continues.

Abinader, a wealthy 56-year-old businessman educated in economics within the nation and in america, ran for re-election the place he appeared as the good favourite, in response to the polls.

Elected to the Presidency in July 2020, in the course of the pandemic, with practically 53% of the votes, Abinader as soon as once more headed the candidacy of the Trendy Revolutionary Celebration (PRM), a celebration that hopes to revalidate its overwhelming victory 4 years in the past within the elections. each within the Government and within the Nationwide Congress (bicameral).

Born on July 12, 1967 in Santo Domingo right into a rich household of Lebanese origin, Abinader is the primary Dominican president to return to the world after the autumn of the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961).

The present president has a level in Economics from the Santo Domingo Institute of Expertise, with postgraduate research in Company Finance and Monetary Engineering at Harvard College and Superior Administration at Dartmouth School.

Earlier than his emergence into politics, Abinader devoted his skilled life to the Abicor group, a household enterprise based by his father, former minister and former senator José Rafael Abinader, which owns motels, a college and one of many largest cement factories. vital within the nation.

He first aspired to the Government in 2016 when he misplaced to Danilo Medina, of the Dominican Liberation Celebration (PLD), and within the 2012 elections he was the working mate of former president Hipólito Mejía.

Luis Abinader assumed the place of head of state on August 16, 2020 with the promise to confront corruption, impunity, caudillismo and clientelism that, in response to him, was promoted by outgoing president Danilo Medina.

4 years later, he ran for a second and ultimate time period allowed by the Dominican Structure, though he himself has mentioned that he’s not in favor of continued re-election.

After “deep reflection” and understanding that “the nation is above my household or private tranquility,” Abinader introduced in August 2023 that he would compete within the PRM inside elections, which he gained with out blinking, to go for re-election.

In these nearly 4 years of administration, the president has maintained an approval score near 70% and polls predict a bonus of as much as 35 factors over his closest rival, the nation’s three-time president Leonel Fernández.

Abinader got here to energy with a recipe to reactivate the economic system after the pandemic, based mostly on rising public spending by way of subsidies, money transfers and gentle loans for individuals and corporations.

And, certainly, it has managed to take care of the economic system, which, after a development of two.4% in 2023, will increase twice this 12 months, in response to the projections of worldwide organizations.

However his opponents accuse him of indebting the nation in an “abusive and irresponsible” method because of the quantity of loans his Authorities has taken, whereas marked social inequalities persist.

And from the feminist sector they query her for having performed little or nothing to advertise the problem of abortion within the Nationwide Congress, managed by the PRM, although within the marketing campaign for the 2020 elections she was in favor of the interruption of being pregnant when places the girl’s life in danger, if the fetus doesn’t have the choice of residing exterior the womb or within the case of rape or incest, which within the nation is called ‘the three causes’.

One other pending marketing campaign promise was tax reform, postponed for years.

Originally of October 2020, Abinader offered a tax reform plan with new taxes to confront the disaster, however he instantly withdrew it attributable to criticism and ended up discarding it in October 2021.

The president is married to Raquel Arbaje, with whom he has three daughters.Infobae.