The former Secretary of the Armed Forces, Jos\u00e9 Miguel Soto Jim\u00e9nez, recently addressed the political aspirations of businessman and communicator Santiago Mat\u00edas, emphasizing that it will be the Dominican citizenry who will be in charge of determining the viability and acceptance of his political project.<\/p>\n\n
During an appearance on the television program Su Mundo TV, Soto Jim\u00e9nez emphasized that Mat\u00edas, like any other Dominican in full exercise of his civil and political rights, possesses the legal and democratic authority to enter public life and submit his intentions to the scrutiny of the electorate.<\/p>\n\n
When asked about the impact of this incursion, the former official was emphatic in pointing out that the approval of any political figure rests exclusively on the popular will. According to his analysis, Santiago Mat\u00edas is just beginning to travel a political path that he described as complex, which is why he urged not to underestimate his initial steps.<\/p>\n\n\n
The final word lies in the achievement and acceptance it has among the population.<\/p>Jos\u00e9 Miguel Soto Jim\u00e9nez<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n
Soto Jim\u00e9nez urged the political class and society to avoid prejudices when evaluating the emergence of new figures on the national stage. In his view, the analysis should focus on the development of the project and not on previous labels.<\/p>\n\n
The challenge of turning popularity into electoral support<\/h3>\n\n
The former secretary acknowledged the remarkable connection that Santiago Mat\u00edas has managed to establish with various popular and marginalized sectors of Dominican society. However, he made an important distinction by pointing out that there is a substantial difference between social identification and the capitalization of that support in terms of votes and electoral structure.<\/p>\n\n
For Soto Jim\u00e9nez, the success of this project will depend on how the businessman manages to transform his current influence into solid political support, a challenge he defines as the next great hurdle for Mat\u00edas in his political career.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Soto Jim\u00e9nez on Santiago Mat\u00edas’ aspirations: The Dominican people have the final say The former Secretary of the Armed Forces, Jos\u00e9 Miguel Soto Jim\u00e9nez, recently addressed the political aspirations of businessman and communicator Santiago Mat\u00edas, emphasizing that it will be the Dominican citizenry who will be in charge of determining the viability and acceptance of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[1271,2324,4077,7576],"class_list":{"0":"post-158833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-elections","10":"tag-policy","11":"tag-santiago-matias"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158833","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=158833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}