The Dominican state spent RD$17,617.9 million funding political parties between 2016 and 2026. ^[1] Funding for political parties exceeded the budget allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture (RD$18,697 million) and the Ministry of Environment (RD$16,250 million) during the same period. ^[2] The total funding for political parties was greater than the RD$10,113.4 million allocated to six border provinces (Montecristi, Dajabón, Santiago Rodríguez, Elías Piña, Independencia, and Pedernales). ^[3] In December 1962, presidential elections were held under a collegial transitional government called the Council of State, resulting in the election of Professor Juan Bosch by an overwhelming majority. ^[4] Juan Bosch, then the maximum leader of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), took the oath as constitutional president on February 27, 1963, marking the first time Dominicans freely elected their leader in nearly five decades. ^[5] On April 29, 1963, the National Congress, acting as a Revising Assembly, proclaimed the new Fundamental Pact of the nation, which entered into force in May. ^[6] The assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo in 1961 did not cause an immediate collapse of the dictatorship because the political conspiracy of May 30 succeeded only in its first phase. ^[7] In 2016, the state allocated RD$1,610,086,923 for political parties under Article 49 of the Electoral Law, which mandated a contribution equivalent to 0.5% of national income during general elections. ^[8]