Bernardo Vega, former ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States: “The victory of President Luis Abinader with 57 percent of the vote and a 30 percent margin over second-place finisher Leonel Fernández can be attributed mostly to the good economic performance during his term. He has a very good and coordinated economic team. He was also successful in getting the country moving after the Covid-19 pandemic. Just like Joaquín Balaguer, he used the Haitian issue and the big crisis in that country as a way to get votes. Fernández is very unpopular because of high levels of corruption during his three terms in office. The opposition had divided into two parties, the FP and the PLD. Danilo Medina, the head of the PLD, has the liability that three of his most popular cabinet members have been accused of corruption and are presently in the courts. With a big majority in Congress, 28 of 32 senators, President Abinader faces…”
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