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Weekly Report - 27 June 2019 (WR-19-25)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Police injure deputies protesting Medina re-election
The rift within the long-ruling Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) deepened significantly this week. Several PLD deputies loyal to former president Leonel Fernández (1996-2000, 2004-2012) were injured by police outside congress on 24 June after they joined protesters seeking to erect a permanent tarpaulin outside the building to oppose a constitutional amendment to allow President Danilo Medina to seek re-election once again. The pro-Medina president of the lower chamber of congress, Radhamés Camacho, ordered the deployment of the police and military to preserve order.
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