{"id":161353,"date":"2026-09-16T14:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/juan-perez-formalizes-support-for-gonzalo-castillo-as-pld-presidential-candidate\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:03:33","slug":"juan-perez-formalizes-support-for-gonzalo-castillo-as-pld-presidential-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/juan-perez-formalizes-support-for-gonzalo-castillo-as-pld-presidential-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan P\u00e9rez formalizes support for Gonzalo Castillo as PLD presidential candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gonzalo Castillo strengthens his presidential project with support in Santo Domingo Oeste<\/h2>\n\n<p>The presidential hopeful for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Gonzalo Castillo, continues to consolidate his political structure ahead of the organization&#8217;s upcoming electoral challenges. During a crowded meeting held this Sunday in Santo Domingo Oeste, the former minister received explicit support from former deputy and Central Committee member, Juan P\u00e9rez, who formally joined his political project.<\/p>\n\n<p>The activity, which brought together a significant representation of leaders, militants, and members of the purple party&#8217;s Central Committee, was organized by the Gonzalo 2028 Presidential Project team in the municipality, under the coordination of Frank Soto. The event is part of the territorial strategy being deployed by the candidate with a view to the internal consultation scheduled for October 18, 2026.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Gonzalo deserves to be and will be president.<\/p><cite>Juan P\u00e9rez, former deputy and member of the PLD Central Committee.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>During his speech, P\u00e9rez highlighted the management qualities and work capacity that, in his view, define Castillo. Likewise, the leader closed his intervention with the enthusiastic message of &#8220;Let&#8217;s go with everything!&#8221; (\u00a1Vamos con to!), reaffirming his commitment to the project. Key figures of the PLD also made an appearance at the event, such as Alberto D\u00edaz, Ana Mar\u00eda Pe\u00f1a, Narciso Reyes, Bernardino Pichardo, and Clemente Mart\u00ednez.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Focus on the unity and future of the PLD<\/h2>\n\n<p>Castillo was accompanied by part of his national strategic team, including Andr\u00e9s Navarro, coordinator of his project; Edwin Espinal, in charge of external teams, and Yuri Rodr\u00edguez, responsible for strategic communication. During the day, the candidate exchanged impressions with local leaders about the needs of Santo Domingo Oeste, emphasizing the importance of maintaining the party&#8217;s internal cohesion.<\/p>\n\n<p>It is important to highlight the key points that define the current landscape of the PLD:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The internal consultation is scheduled for October 18, 2026.<\/li><li>The ballot of candidates also includes figures such as Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda, Luis de Le\u00f3n, Manfred Mata, and Francisco Dom\u00ednguez Brito.<\/li><li>The party has described the process as non-binding, although it continues to generate expectations in the political and electoral sphere.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>This meeting in Santo Domingo Oeste represents a significant step within the work agenda being developed by Gonzalo Castillo&#8217;s team, who are committed to strengthening their presence in the territories while the PLD defines the path toward the 2028 electoral process.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gonzalo Castillo strengthens his presidential project with support in Santo Domingo Oeste The presidential hopeful for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Gonzalo Castillo, continues to consolidate his political structure ahead of the organization&#8217;s upcoming electoral challenges. During a crowded meeting held this Sunday in Santo Domingo Oeste, the former minister received explicit support from former [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[2324,13036,13037,4077],"class_list":{"0":"post-161353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-elections","9":"tag-gonzalo-castillo","10":"tag-pld","11":"tag-policy"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161353","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=161353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}