The Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) celebrated the forty-seventh anniversary of the founding of his party on Tuesday with the participation of members of the Political Committee and the Central Committee, and in the absence of the expression Danilo Medina.
Some members of the party, including the former Minister of Education, Andrés Navarro; the former director of the Caasd, Alejandro Montás and Cristina Lizardo, general coordinator of the Commission of the IX Ordinary Congress of the PLD announced in the activity his frank position on the recent scandals of alleged acts of corruption that have arisen in recent days.
Andrés Navarro said at the celebration that the party was very committed, now much more so because of the atmosphere in which the PLD finds itself.
“We are very committed, it is the biggest challenge, the PLD in this environment of many traffic jams now what is deserved is a lot of responsibility to face the PLD with pride and honor, but also with a humility that leads us to self-criticism , from here a new PLD will emerge that will be able to regain the confidence of the Dominican people “, he expressed.
He also clarified that due to recent situations the party is making a “deep assessment and with all the comrades who today, with their faces held high, are defending the entire history of service to the Dominican people.”
Meanwhile, the former director of the Corporation of the Aqueduct and Sewerage of Santo Domingo (Caasd), Alejandro Montás, in relation to the accusations of crimes of corruption to members of the party decided to keep his position silent.
“I reserve my opinion on these cases because I am really in the national house of the PLD and I come with a specific goal: To support my party on its 47th anniversary and to support the work we have all undertaken to make the congress a resounding success and the party ends together with a resounding and strong success “, were his words.
Similarly, Cristina Lizardo, coordinator of the Organizing Committee of the IX Ordinary Congress of the PLD said that the party faces great challenges and that it has been difficult for them what has happened with some members, but that “they are ready to work” .
“We have called for due process. Understanding that it is the responsibility of justice and we are and will be very attentive to this whole process. It has really been a very difficult time for us, what we want is that there is no concept of politics, it gives image. We trust and call for the due process to continue. We have the responsibility to continue to energize the party so that it is not affected by the whole process and we will continue to work, “he said.