{"id":134361,"date":"2026-08-17T11:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/nelson-javier-warns-political-parties-about-the-santiago-matias-phenomenon\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T11:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:06:36","slug":"nelson-javier-warns-political-parties-about-the-santiago-matias-phenomenon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/nelson-javier-warns-political-parties-about-the-santiago-matias-phenomenon\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Javier warns political parties about the Santiago Mat\u00edas phenomenon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Santiago Mat\u00edas phenomenon: A warning for traditional politics<\/h2>\n\n<p>Communicator Nelson Javier has issued a strong warning to the country&#8217;s traditional political parties, urging them to renew their strategies in light of the massive support that Santiago Mat\u00edas has generated with his political project, &#8220;Dominicanos Primero.&#8221; According to Javier, the youth and popular sectors are sending a clear message: they are looking for new faces and disruptive proposals that move away from conventional structures.<\/p>\n\n<p>During the signature collection drive necessary for the official recognition of his organization, Mat\u00edas managed to gather a crowd, an event that Javier used to analyze the current electoral landscape. &#8220;This is a natural process. People from below feel identified with someone who shares their same condition,&#8221; the communicator pointed out.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A change in the popular will<\/h3>\n\n<p>Javier highlighted that the emergence of figures outside of traditional politics is no coincidence, but rather a reflection of a profound change in the expectations of the citizenry. He observed that there is a segment of the population that previously showed apathy toward electoral processes, but is now motivated to participate given the offer of a different kind of leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">You, the traditionalists, let Santiago in. This political phenomenon that is beginning to take shape must be observed very closely by those who have dominated the scene until now.<\/p>\n<cite>Nelson Javier<\/cite>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regional trend and new leaderships<\/h3>\n\n<p>For the communicator, what is happening in the Dominican Republic with Santiago Mat\u00edas is part of a regional trend, where figures coming from areas such as communication and entertainment manage to capitalize on social discontent and become influential political actors. <\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Growing interest of the youth in politics.<\/li><li>Demand for proposals distanced from traditional parties.<\/li><li>Santiago Mat\u00edas consolidating himself as a political actor of national relevance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, the massive attendance at the signing event in Santiago not only validates the &#8220;Dominicanos Primero&#8221; project, but also marks a turning point. Santiago Mat\u00edas has transcended his role in the media to position himself as a figure who aspires to contest spaces of real power on the national stage.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Santiago Mat\u00edas phenomenon: A warning for traditional politics Communicator Nelson Javier has issued a strong warning to the country&#8217;s traditional political parties, urging them to renew their strategies in light of the massive support that Santiago Mat\u00edas has generated with his political project, &#8220;Dominicanos Primero.&#8221; According to Javier, the youth and popular sectors are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[1271,12955,4077,7576],"class_list":{"0":"post-134361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-dominicans-first","10":"tag-policy","11":"tag-santiago-matias"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}