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Carolina Mejía candidate: the bridge between power and the PRM bases

· by Redacción Orgullo Dominicano · 4 min de lectura
Carolina Mejía candidata: el puente entre el poder y las bases del PRM

In Dominican politics, Carolina Mejía candidate represents a figure that is born from the real connection with the people, not from the structure or the circumstances. Her background cannot be analyzed solely by her role as the mayor of the National District or her political surname; Carolina Mejía candidate has walked alongside the Revolutionary Modern Party since its origins, accompanying its birth, consolidation, and arrival at power.

Since the founding of PRM, Carolina Mejía candidate was present

Carolina was part of the founding stage of PRM, when many saw the party as an uncertain adventure. In those difficult years, Carolina Mejía candidate was present when there were doors to knock on, convince companions, organize structures, and raise hope in a militancy that came from great frustrations.

Carolina Mejía candidate does not represent an improvised figure or a fabricated candidacy in opinion laboratories. She represents a leader who knows the internal life of the party, who has had permanent contact with its structures, and who has known how to maintain a close, human, and respectful treatment with the middle leadership, with the zonal presidents, with the coordinators, with the community workers, and with that militancy that many times works in silence and without recognition.

The role of Carolina Mejía candidate as General Secretary

During her years as General Secretary of PRM, Carolina Mejía candidate had the responsibility of articulating, listening to, and accompanying a party that was still in the process of construction. That role was not minor: the General Secretary requires balance, patience, capacity for dialogue, and a sense of belonging. In that space, Carolina Mejía candidate built a direct relationship with broad sectors of the organization, especially with leaders who felt taken into account by her affable style and her vocation of closeness.

That closeness contrasts with the distance that many PRM leaders have felt from power, because a significant part of the Perremeist militancy has perceived that the party has not been properly integrated into public management.

Why Carolina Mejía candidate is the reconciliation option?

Many leaders who worked for years to bring PRM to power have felt excluded, relegated, or simply ignored. That reality has generated discontent in the bases: politics is not only fed by institutional discourses, but also by recognition, participation, and a sense of belonging. A party that wins elections with its militancy cannot govern against it.

In many cases, the Perremeist leadership saw how people without party background, without territorial work, and without historical commitment to the organization occupied important positions, while companions who had carried the weight of permanent opposition remained waiting for an opportunity. That situation not only generates unrest; it also weakens the party mystique.

Carolina Mejía candidate: the guarantee of reconciliation with the people

It is here that Carolina Mejía candidate appears as a figure with the capacity to reconcile PRM with its bases. Her candidacy is not simply a personal aspiration, but an opportunity to return the party to a broader, more human, and more connected participation with its militancy.

Carolina Mejía candidate represents a bridge between the institutional framework that has driven government and the need for PRM to feel again as part of the power. Carolina has an important political advantage: she does not need to pretend closeness with the base, because that relationship has been part of her background. Her style is not indifferent or distant. On the contrary, it projects serenity, sensitivity, and the ability to listen.

PRM needs to look to the future without forgetting those who made its present possible. Political continuity cannot be limited to conserving power; it must also involve correcting errors, opening spaces, recognizing sacrifices, and strengthening the party identity.

Carolina Mejía candidate is the candidate of the PRM bases and leadership. Not because she excludes other sectors, but because she embodies a possibility of balance: government experience, political formation, party origin, human closeness, and sensitivity to the internal claims of the organization.

PRM was born from a political struggle, not from a corporate office. It was born from the effort of men and women who believed when there were no guarantees of triumph. Carolina Mejía candidate knows that history because she was part of it: she walked the neighborhoods, the municipalities, alongside the bases, the companions who made the victory possible.

Carolina Mejía candidate is the candidate who guarantees the reconciliation of the party with its own people. Her announcement of being the presidential candidate of PRM for 2027 and future president in 2028 confirms her commitment to party unity.

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