2020 Dominican Republic protests

The 2020 protests in the Dominican Republic, also known as the youth movement, comprise a series of massive congregations, both in the Dominican Republic and internationally, which took place from Sunday, February 16 to Thursday, March 12. of 2020, as a result of the Central Electoral Board suspending municipal elections for the first time in the entire history of national democracy. This decision was due to "errors" presented by electronic voting in the polling stations of 18 municipalities of the country, during the elections, in which around 62% of the votes were concentrated, despite the fact that manual votes, which were also applied in those demarcations, were being carried out without problems.

2020 Dominican Republic elections protests
Graph of the manifestations nationwide.
(Top to bottom, left to right)
  • Protesters gathered in Flag Square of Santo Domingo. Protesters in the city of Santiago. Protestor with flag face-paint.
Date16 February 2020 – 12 March 2020
Location
Dominican Republic
Caused by
  • Suspension of the municipal elections of February 2020.
  • Distrust in the Central Electoral Board.
  • Electoral fraud accusations due to "vulnerability of electronic voting".
Goals
  • Placing the accused to investigate all the criminal acts that occurred before and after the 2020 electoral process, as was done in the prosecution of the accused, together with their respective sanction.
  • Appointment of an Electoral Procurator by way of citizen political consensus and that is independent of the political organization.
  • Live broadcast of all the hearings and consultation processes with the delegates of the political parties from here until the end of the electoral period.
Resulted in
  • Suspension of the institution's IT director.
  • Incorporation of the OAS in the investigation on the suspension of the municipal elections.
  • Integration, independently, of supervisory delegates in the "Monitoring / Accompaniment Commission" before the plenary session of the Central Electoral Board, by the protesting society.
  • Live broadcast of the vote count, after 5:00 pm on Sunday, March 15, the day of the postponed municipal elections, including the recording by the polling station delegates.
  • Defeat of the ruling party (PLD) in the presidential and municipal elections.
Casualties
Death(s)2

The suspension of the elections generated discontent that transcended all social sectors. A group of young people, through their social media accounts, called on all Dominicans to congregate in the Plaza de la Bandera, becoming the largest manifestation in the country in recent national history, among those called by civil society. In this way, pressure was sought on the authorities, first of all, so that they resigned, going on to an investigation of what happened, the culprits were punished, and subsequent transparent elections were held.

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