Since taking over as Vice President of the Republic on August 16, Raquel Peña has been one of the most influential members of the media.
And that more power to decide, in view of his responsibilities, has held in the young administration of President Luis Abinader.
Ese hecho no es fortuito. Raquel Peña, born in Santiago, 54 years old, led the government’s coronavirus pandemic response team. He is the coordinator of Gabinete de Salud, created by President Luis Abinader.
Can collect and execute the bargain to negotiate the agreement with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca that it has guaranteed 10 million doses of its vaccine against Covid in the country, at a cost of 40 million dollars.
This inoculation rate is the mayor’s agreement agreed by the Dominican Republic with some pharmaceuticals to alleviate the Covid-19 crisis, and the fight against viruses will be centralized.
On Monday, February 15, the Dominican Republic received a first lot of 20 mil dose of the Covishield vaccine from India, with the AstraZeneca formula, and for today, birds, hope for a donation quality of 30 mil antidotes against the virus.
Importance and trust deposited by President Abinader in her capacity is visible in her presence at the Mayor of the Protocol and no official acts of the Presidency of the Republic, actions that are not replicated in the mandates of the Presidents Danilo Medina, Leonel Fernández o Hipólito Mejía.
“Without a doubt this very particular circumstance (being the coordinator of the health cabinet during the impact of the pandemic) has contributed to the fact that it is one of the most active vice-presidents in recent history,” said historian Juan de Cruz.
Raquel Peña’s intermediary comparison with his predecessor, Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, surges casi de intermediate.
Provides the social policies of the governors of Danilo Medina, 2012-2020. But there are more of these functions in their limited action plans.
The same could be said of Rafael Alburquerque, who immediately coordinated the cabinet of social politicians in the administrations of Leonel Fernández, between the years 2004 and 2012.
“Miltros Ortiz Bosch has a large participation from the Minister of Education while owning the position of Vice President (the first in Dominican history), contributing to a huge actress in the educational sector including including instituting the competitions”, recalls the teacher state Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD).
Of the Cruz, it is said that before his actions, Carlos Morales’ trustee, who served as vice-president of one of Joaquín Balaguer’s governors, was also the Minister of Foreign Relations.
If the mayor is a master of confidence and influence who can demonstrate to plant the thesis that Raquel Peña has been the vice president of power in the country for the last 60 years he will be the internal president of the National Council of Magistrates.
The Dominican political tradition dictates that the presidents of the Republic (Fernández, Mejía and Medina) are the ones who lead, all the way, the interviews and selection processes of the judges in the Dominican Republic.
During the most recent journals of interviews conducted by the National Council of the Magistrates, in the search of four juveniles by the Constitutional Tribunal, Raquel Peña asserted on two occasions the functions of the President of the Council by meeting compromises previos ”.
The decision of Abinader was supported by Article 4 of Law 138-11 of the National Council of Magistrates, which states that if the President attends the sessions of the Council for any reason, he may appoint the Vice-President of the country.
The Vice Presidents … with other functions
Revisiting the recent history of the country meets Rafael Alburquerque, Leonel Fernández’s Vice President in his 2004-2012 governing body, who was one of the leaders in the Social Cabinet.
In 1996, following the administration of Leonel Fernández’s prime minister, the participation of vice president Jaime David Fernández did not meet with large presidential encounters, dedicated to imposing a reforestation policy with the “Quisqueya Verde” program.
Between 1978-1982, the Vice-President of Antonio Guzmán Fernández, Jacobo Majluta, was appointed by the Director General of the Dominican Corporation of State Enterprises (Corde), and the agreement on various periodicals of the ten years in total of 24 companies.
Submit a sublease under the power of Guzmán Fernández after his suicide up to 41 days before the transition.
The vice presidents during Joaquín Balaguer’s goblins will concentrate on the participation of importers, saluting the case of Carlos Morales Troncoso. He went on to become a member of the United States for the period 1989-1990, simultaneously with his second term of office.