Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic], May 21: Incumbent Luis Abinader has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential election in the Dominican Republic.
The candidate of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) received over 57 percent of the vote, the electoral office announced on Monday after almost all the votes had been counted. Former president Leonel Fernandez, who governed in 1996-2000 and again in 2004-08, received around 29 percent of the vote, while the former mayor of the second largest city Santiago, Abel MartÃnez, received around 10 percent%. Both have conceded defeat.
All three candidates can be assigned to the centre-left camp. "We have already travelled part of the way. Now it is time to deepen the changes and reforms in order to consistently continue on the path of development," Abinader said after his election victory, according to a report in the Listin Diario newspaper. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune
