Half of the country opposes Trujillo’s grandson’s bid for President
According to a March 2018 Gallup poll for Hoy newspaper, opinions are divided about the participation of a grandson of the former dictator, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, in the 2020 presidential election. Ramfis Domínguez Trujillo has spoken of his aspirations to participate in the 2020 presidential election.
Approximately 51% of those polled for the March 2018 Gallup-Hoy poll oppose the idea of a Dominguez-Trujillo presidential run. However, 42% of those polled would not oppose his right to run for the country’s highest office.
Domínguez Trujillo is the son of Angelita Trujillo, daughter of the dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, who governed the country with an iron fist for 31 years.
The highest rate of opposition to his running for president comes from residents in rural areas, with 58%, and women with 54% and among adults aged 55 or more with 56.4%.
In addition, of those who sympathize with the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), 59% rejected Trujillo running for President, 50.2% of those supporting the Revolutionary Modern Party (PRM), 43,3% of those sympathizing with the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) and 34.2% of those who like the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC).
Trujillo is president of the Partido Esperanza Dominicana (PED), a political party that has yet to be recognized by the Central Electoral Board (JCE).
In addition to JCE recognition, a potential Domínguez Trujillo candidacy for president must clear other constitutional and legal issues. For example, the Dominican Constitution establishes restrictions to dual nationals running for President, including the requirement that the aspirant would have had to have resigned the other nationality and have lived in the Dominican Republic 10 years before aspiring to the Presidency. Trujillo was born in the United States.
Likewise, Law 5880 dating back to 1962 prohibits activities that celebrate or pays homage to the dictatorship of Trujillo. This law is still in effect and was confirmed on 19 March 2013 by Resolution 1140 of the Attorney General Office when Domínguez Trujillo carried out a legal consultation. At the time, attorney general Francisco Domínguez Brito confirmed the ban on pro Trujillo activities.
Source: DR1, http://eljaya.com
March 26, 2018
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