{"id":502417,"date":"2026-03-17T22:58:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/danilo-diaz-assures-that-in-the-pld-there-are-no-candidates-linked-to-drug-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T23:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T03:04:19","slug":"danilo-diaz-assures-that-in-the-pld-there-are-no-candidates-linked-to-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/danilo-diaz-assures-that-in-the-pld-there-are-no-candidates-linked-to-drug-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Danilo D\u00edaz assures that in the PLD there are no candidates linked to drug trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo<\/strong>.\u2013 The deputy for the National District for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Danilo D\u00edaz, affirms that in that political organization there is not \u201ca single candidate\u201d linked to drug trafficking or with extradition requests, while defending the internal mechanisms of the party.\n\nThe legislator maintains that the PLD has rigorous filters to prevent the nomination of people with questionable backgrounds. &#8220;<strong>We have a system that we have always taken care of that. In the PLD, not everyone can be a candidate<\/strong>,&#8221; he says.\n\nD\u00edaz also refers to the debate on independent candidacies currently being analyzed in the National Congress, indicating that the current legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@deultimominutotv\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@deultimominutotv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already<\/a> allows political participation through parties and movements, in accordance with Law 33-18 on Political Parties.\n\nIn that sense, he underlines that there are more than 30 political organizations in the country, so any citizen interested in running for an elective office can do so through these structures. In his opinion, governing requires not only aspirations, but also teams, proposals, and organization.\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/danilo-diaz-destaca-turismo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danilo D\u00edaz highlights the continuity of Tourism<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\nThe PLD leader also defends the role of established political parties in the Constitution, considering that they guarantee collective representation and democratic order.\n\nRegarding a possible reform to the Political Parties Law to strengthen controls on political financing, D\u00edaz indicates that he is not yet aware of a specific proposal, although he positively values any initiative that promotes transparency.\n\nFinally, it rejects generalizations about supposed links between drug trafficking and politics, and urges that, if cases exist, those responsible be specifically identified, amid a context of national debate on electoral system reforms.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013 The deputy for the National District for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Danilo D\u00edaz, affirms that in that political organization there is not \u201ca single candidate\u201d linked to drug trafficking or with extradition requests, while defending the internal mechanisms of the party. The legislator maintains that the PLD has rigorous filters to prevent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133543,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-502417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26Hv","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Carolina \u00c1lvarez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-26-at-5.31.57-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502417","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\/133543"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}