Dominican Republic

Municipal Plebiscite of Fantino

The Municipal Plebiscite of Fantino occurred on May 3, 2009, when the inhabitants of Fantino were asked to cast their vote in a public plebiscite for the approval of the Municipal Development Plan until 2013 (there is a distinction between 'Referendum' and ' Municipal Plebiscite 'in Law 176-07 which guides municipal policy). 98% of the votes were in favor of the development plan, with 19.84% of all registered voters participating. The plebiscite in Fantino took place the same day in which two other Referenda were celebrated in Cotuí and Maimón. Preparations and execution of the plebiscites received the support of the municipalities, the General Election Commission (Central Electoral Board) as well as the Canadian Embassy and its cooperation office.

Institutional design

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Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?

Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?

Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?

Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?

Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?

Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?

Formalization
embedded in the constitution/legislation 
Frequency
single
Mode of selection of participants
open 
Type of participants
citizens  
Decisiveness
democratic innovation yields a binding decision  
Co-Governance
yes 

Means


  • Deliberation
  • Direct Voting
  • E-Participation
  • Citizen Representation

Ends


  • Accountability
  • Responsiveness
  • Rule of Law
  • Political Inclusion
  • Social Equality

Policy cycle

Agenda setting
Formulation and decision-making
Implementation
Policy Evaluation

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