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Article: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CENTER-LEFT CANDIDATE HIPOLITO MEJIA WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
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- NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
- Article date:
- May 25, 2000
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Hipolito Mejia, candidate for the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), won the May 16 presidential election, promising to fight corruption and concentrate resources on social programs.
Mejia's running mate Milagros Ortiz Bosch, niece of former President Juan Bosch, became the country's first female vice president. Mejia and Ortiz Bosch take office Aug. 16.
With all but a handful of votes counted on May 18, the Junta Central Electoral (JCE) declared Mejia the winner with 49.8% of the votes, defeating governing Partido de la Liberacion Dominicana (PLD) candidate Danilo Medina with 24.9%, and Joaquin Balaguer of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano ...