Perez Balladares rejoins political scrum

FORMER PRESIDENT Ernesto Perez “El Toro” Balladares  is ready to climb back into the political arena  with his eyes hovering on the possibility of  another run for the top job,

He intends to register as a candidate for the post of secretary general of the PRD party on Monday, July 11.

Perez Balladares will run as part of a ticket with current PRD President Benicio Robinson, current Secretary General Carlos Pérez Herrera, who will be running for first vice president, and Alí Waked, who will run for secretary.

The nomination period opens Monday and ends Friday. The election will be Oct. 30, when 4,200 party delegates will choose the new members of the executive committee.

The election to select delegates will be July 31.

Current legislative members Elías Castillo, Leandro Avila, Ruben De Leon and Pedro Miguel González are likely to also seek positions on the executive committee.