Dominicans for Change explained

Dominicans for Change
Native Name:Partido Dominicanos por el Cambio
President:Manuel Oviedo Estrada
Leader2 Title:Founder
Leader2 Name:Eduardo Estrella
Leader3 Title:Leader
Leader3 Name:Eduardo Estrella
General Secretary:Gilberto Valdez
Presidium:Mateo Espaillat
Ideology:Conservatism
Nationalism
Christian democracy
Position:Right-wing
Colours: Blue
Seats1 Title:Chamber of Deputies
Seats2 Title:Senate
Seats3 Title:Mayors
Seats4 Title:Central American Parliament
Website:www.partidodxc.org
Country:the Dominican Republic

Dominicans for Change (Spanish; Castilian: Partido Dominicanos por el Cambio) is a right-wing political party in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 2010, it is defined in its statutes as conservative, democratic and nationalist, and as protecting the social, cultural, institutional and ecological heritage of the Dominican Republic.[1]

History

The party was established in January 2010 by Eduardo Estrella after he resigned from the Social Christian Reformist Party. It was recognised as a political party by the Central Electoral Board the same month. In the May 2010 parliamentary elections it received 0.48% of the vote, failing to win a seat. The party nominated Eduardo Estrella in the 2012 presidential election.[2] Estrella finished fourth with 0.21% of the vote.[3] It increased its vote share to 0.89% in the 2016 parliamentary elections, but remained seatless.

In the 2020 general elections the party won one seat in the Senate and two in the Chamber of Deputies.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Estatutos del Partido Dominicanos por el Cambio . May 2, 2011 . Partido Dominicanos por el Cambio . https://web.archive.org/web/20120501094225/http://www.dxc.do/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=126&Itemid=57 . May 1, 2012 .
  2. Web site: Estrella plantea necesidad de Convergencia Nacional . March 9, 2016 . El Nuevo Diario . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309025829/http://www.elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=240532&action=add_comment&commentMode=true#comms . March 9, 2016.
  3. https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2239/ Dominican Republic: Election for President