Government

The country is governed under the 1966 constitution, as amended in 2002. The president and members of the 32-seat Senate and the 178-seat Chamber of Deputies are all directly elected for four-year terms. The major parties are the conservative Social Christian Reformist party, organized by Joaquín Balaguer, the rival and social-democratic Dominican Revolutionary party, organized by Juan Bosch, and the centrist Dominican Liberation party.

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