Román Jáquez reacts to the suspension of the Central Electoral Board's polls
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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) of the Dominican Republic has provisionally suspended its own ban on publishing and broadcasting electoral polls outside of the legal pre-campaign and campaign periods. The decision leaves the ongoing controversy surrounding the regulation of political polling unresolved.
In response to the suspension, JCE President Román Jáquez Liranzo publicly rejected assertions that the electoral body bowed to outside pressure or that its authority was compromised. Using the expression that the board "does not kneel even to propose marriage," Jáquez defended the institution's independence following the rollback of the controversial restriction.
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Diario Libre (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) (DO)Focuses on the provisional lifting of the electoral poll ban and the resulting ongoing controversy.
Diario Libre (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) (DO)Highlights Román Jáquez's defensive remarks denying that the electoral board succumbed to pressure.
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