{"id":500309,"date":"2026-02-17T14:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/the-son-is-bigger-than-the-parents-says-hipolito-mejia-about-omar-fernandezs-leadership\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:58:09","slug":"the-son-is-bigger-than-the-parents-says-hipolito-mejia-about-omar-fernandezs-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/the-son-is-bigger-than-the-parents-says-hipolito-mejia-about-omar-fernandezs-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe son is bigger than the parents,\u201d says Hip\u00f3lito Mej\u00eda about Omar Fern\u00e1ndez&#8217;s leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo.<\/strong>&#8211; Former President <strong>Hip\u00f3lito Mej\u00eda<\/strong> stated that Senator <strong>Omar Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> has achieved a higher political valuation than his father, also former President <strong>Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez,<\/strong> within his own party structure.\n\n\u201cThe son is bigger than the parents,\u201d Mej\u00eda expressed, referring to the leadership that, according to him, the young leader has consolidated among his followers and his growing internal positioning.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/hipolito-mejia-resalta-impacto-social-de-los-parques-en-zonas-populares-del-dn\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"600625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hip\u00f3lito Mej\u00eda highlights the social impact of parks in popular areas of the DN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When analyzing the country&#8217;s situation, the former ruler maintained that the Dominican Republic is experiencing a democratic stage that must be preserved. He acknowledged the existence of challenges, but affirmed that the nation is in better condition than many countries in Central and South America.<\/p>\n\n\nMej\u00eda also highlighted that young people and women have become decisive actors in current politics, so their participation will be key in the upcoming electoral processes.\n\nLooking ahead to 2028, he indicated that the landscape is not yet defined, although the statistics he handles reflect a close competition and a constantly evolving political scenario.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.&#8211; Former President Hip\u00f3lito Mej\u00eda stated that Senator Omar Fern\u00e1ndez has achieved a higher political valuation than his father, also former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez, within his own party structure. \u201cThe son is bigger than the parents,\u201d Mej\u00eda expressed, referring to the leadership that, according to him, the young leader has consolidated among his followers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[15381,1348],"class_list":["post-500309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-dominican-news","tag-hipolito-mejia","tag-omar-fernandez"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-269v","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}