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[^1]\n\nThe bloc of deputies of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) filed three resolution projects in the Dominican Republic's Chamber of Deputies in 2025 to interpellate the administrators of electricity distribution companies Edesur, Edenorte and Edeeste. [^2]\n\nThe national campaign team of Gonzalo Castillo held multiple meetings and assemblies in provinces across the East, North, South, and border regions of the Dominican Republic on August 29 and 30. [^3]\n\nThe PLD resolution for Edenorte states the company announced for 2026 an electricity expansion plan with investment exceeding 1,103 million Dominican pesos to repower strategic substations and build new infrastructure, including about 220 megavolt-amperes of additional capacity, as well as over 89 million pesos for rehabilitating networks in Pontón Arriba and Pontón Abajo, Navarrete, Santiago province. [^4]\n\nThe three initiatives, submitted in the name of PLD Deputy Charlie Mariotti, seek to summon Edesur administrator José Luis Actis, Edenorte administrator Gustavo Martínez and Edeeste administrator Emilio Contreras to testify before Congress. [^5]\n\nAndrés Navarro, general campaign coordinator, directed meetings in La Romana and San Pedro de Macorís provinces, while Charlie Mariotti directed meetings in Santiago and La Vega provinces. [^6]\n\nEdwin Espinal Matos stated that only Gonzalo Castillo can currently perform activities of this nature simultaneously at the national level and abroad, with teams in all 158 municipalities, 238 municipal districts, and 32 provinces. [^7]\n\nEdwin Espinal Matos, national coordinator of the external sector, claimed that the Gonzalo Castillo project now has an organized structure in all provinces, municipalities, municipal districts, and sections abroad. 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