{"id":160145,"date":"2026-09-14T11:06:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/prm-external-sector-promotes-raquel-penas-candidacy-for-2028\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:06:33","slug":"prm-external-sector-promotes-raquel-penas-candidacy-for-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/prm-external-sector-promotes-raquel-penas-candidacy-for-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"PRM external sector promotes Raquel Pe\u00f1a&#8217;s candidacy for 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Raquel Pe\u00f1a gains momentum in the PRM&#8217;s external sector heading into 2028<\/h2>\n\n<p>The internal political landscape of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) is beginning to take shape with an eye toward the 2028 electoral cycle. On this occasion, leaders from the ruling party&#8217;s external sector have submitted a formal request to President Luis Abinader, urging that political projection spaces be expanded for the Vice President of the Republic, Raquel Pe\u00f1a.<\/p>\n\n<p>Samuel Abreu, coordinator of the party&#8217;s external sector, detailed that a commission delivered an official communication suggesting that the vice president dedicate at least two days a week\u2014outside of her government duties\u2014to hold strategic meetings with various sectors of national life.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Proposal for political strengthening<\/h3>\n\n<p>The initiative presented seeks for Raquel Pe\u00f1a to strengthen ties with business leaders, representatives of civil society, and the grassroots membership of the PRM. The central objective of these approaches is to listen firsthand to the concerns and proposals of these groups, thus consolidating her profile in view of a potential presidential bid.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">These meetings would allow Raquel Pe\u00f1a to strengthen her ties with the party&#8217;s grassroots and different sectors of society, preparing her for the political challenges that lie ahead in the coming years.<\/p>\n<cite>Samuel Abreu, coordinator of the PRM&#8217;s external sector<\/cite>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An unfolding electoral scenario<\/h3>\n\n<p>Although the vice president has not made a candidacy official, her name has begun to resonate strongly within the internal circles of the PRM. Abreu emphasized that, while it is necessary to prepare the ground, one must act with caution regarding premature electoral speculation.<\/p>\n\n<p>In addition to Pe\u00f1a&#8217;s figure, the leader highlighted the emergence of other relevant leaderships within the PRM structure that could play a key role in the future, specifically mentioning the senator for Santiago, Daniel Rivera, and the director of the Sup\u00e9rate program, Mayra Jim\u00e9nez.<\/p>\n\n<p>With this move, the external sector seeks to position the vice president as a fundamental piece in the continuity of the PRM&#8217;s political project, marking the beginning of conversations about who will head the organization&#8217;s presidential ticket in 2028.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raquel Pe\u00f1a gains momentum in the PRM&#8217;s external sector heading into 2028 The internal political landscape of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) is beginning to take shape with an eye toward the 2028 electoral cycle. On this occasion, leaders from the ruling party&#8217;s external sector have submitted a formal request to President Luis Abinader, urging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[1295,13430,12838,1992],"class_list":{"0":"post-160145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-1295","9":"tag-candidacy","10":"tag-prm","11":"tag-raquel-pena"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160145","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=160145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}