Democratic Choice (Dominican Republic)

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Democratic Choice Opción Democrática

President	José Horacio Rodríguez Grullón
Founder	Minou Tavárez Mirabal
Founded	November 21, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-11-21)
Split from	Dominican Liberation Party
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Alliance for Democracy
Colors	brown, blue, green, red, white and yellow
Website
od.org.do
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Democratic Choice (Spanish: Opción Democrática, OD) is a center-left political party founded in 2015 by Minou Tavárez Mirabal^[1]^[2] and other volunteers in the Dominican Republic.^[3]^[4]

History

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Democratic Choice (OD) was announced as a result of Mirabal's split from the Dominican Liberation’s Party in a public letter to the media.^[5]

Definitions

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Democratic Choice welcomes a community of Dominican citizens without restrictions based on socioeconomic status, religious beliefs, ethnicity, gender, or any other condition. The party mandate is the construction of an able democratic society to exhibit humanity's highest aspirations and to satisfy the spiritual needs and materials of the Dominican people in a setting of fraternity, freedom, and justice.^[6]

Symbolism

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The symbol of the party is a flower made up of the letters O and D.

The party colors are blue, yellow, green, and red.

Election results

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Presidential elections

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Election	Candidate	First Round		Second Round		Result
Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
2024	Virginia Antares Rodríguez	25,204	0.58%	—	—	Lost N

References

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^ "Minou Tavárez Mirabal: "El desafío es sumar y es lo que estamos haciendo"". 7dias.com.do.
^ Redacción. "El Caribe » Diputada Minou Tavárez Mirabal renuncia del PLD". El Caribe.
^ "La renuncia de Minou Tavárez Mirabal del PLD". Acento. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
^ "Opción Democrática nombre del nuevo partido de Minou Tavárez". frontera25.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
^ "Minou Tavárez explica en carta su renuncia del PLD". DiarioDigitalRD. 22 May 2014.
^ DECLARACIÓN DE PRINCIPIOS

External links

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Official website

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