US Senator Marco Rubio: It is cause for concern re-election attempts by Danilo Medina

Marco Rubio, a US senator and chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Relations for the Western Hemisphere, issued a statement in which he reports that reports surfaced that President Danilo Medina sought to amend the constitution to run in the 2020 elections. achieve a reelection for the third time, which, in his opinion, would be a “cause of serious concern for democracies in the region and throughout the world.”

In the statement, issued last Wednesday, June 5, the legislator of Cuban descent and representative of Florida, states that “circumventing the limits established for the presidential mandate in the Dominican Republic threatens democratic norms and would set a terrible precedent in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean Basin “.

In the following paragraphs the full statement issued by the page of Senator Rubio and who adds to the rejection recently issued also by his colleague Bob Menéndez:

Rubio condemns the efforts of the Dominican President to amend the Constitution
JUNE 5, 2019

Washington, DC – US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued the following statement after reports emerged that President Danilo sought in the Constitution of the Dominican Republic to run for an unprecedented third term:

“The efforts of President Danilo Medina of the Constitution of the Dominican Republic, in an attempt to run for a third presidential term, should be a cause of serious concern for the democracies of the region and the world,” said Rubio. “Avoiding the limits established for the presidential mandate in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean

Rubio is the president of the Subcommittee on Foreign Relations for the Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civil Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women’s Issues.