Dragos Dolanescu Valenciano

Dragos Dolanescu
Dolanescu's parliamentary photo.
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 May 2018
PresidentCarlos Alvarado Quesada
Preceded byJosé Alberto Alfaro Jiménez
Constituency11th District
Personal details
Born
Dragos Carlos Dolanescu Valenciano

(1975-11-19) 19 November 1975 (age 48)
Bucharest, S.R. Romania
Political partyCosta Rica Justa (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations		Social Christian Republican Party (2014–2020)
Social Christian Unity Party(before 2014)
EducationUniversity of Bucharest
University of Alcalá

Dragos Dolanescu Valenciano, known as Dragoș Dolănescu, (born November 19, 1975, in Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania) is a Costa Rican psychologist and politician. Dolanescu is an independent congressman in the third year of the 2018-2022 legislative period. He gained his seat at the Legislative Assembly running in the Alajuela province race for the Partido Republicano Social Cristiano party (PRSC), which at the time he was also president of the organization. He resigned to PRSC after clashing with senior members of the party, who accused him of fund mismanagement in the 2020 municipal elections in retaliation for his resignation.[1]

Early life

Dolanescu studied psychology at the University of Bucharest, where he obtained his bachelor's degree and obtained a doctorate in medical psychology at the University of Alcalá de Henares,[1] the son of Romanian singer and politician Ion Dolănescu.[2]

Political positions

Dragos Dolanescu is a conservative politician. He openly opposes free abortion in Costa Rica[3] and same-sex marriage.[4]

During his legislative tenure, Dolanescu has been a staunch opponent of President Carlos Alvarado Quesada and the Citizens' Action Party (PAC).[5] The lawmaker opposed the approval of the Tax Reform,[6] promoted the creation of a special investigative commission that would review the management of the finances of PAC during the 2010 presidential campaign,[7] as well as the special investigative commission that would investigate the creation of a data analysis unit in the Presidential House, known as the UPAD.[8]

Dolanescu signed the Madrid Charter, a document drafted by the far-right Spanish party Vox that describes left-wing groups as enemies of Ibero-America involved in a "criminal project" that are "under the umbrella of the Cuban regime".[9]

Controversy

Dolanescu has been singled out as a right-wing populist by his adversaries.[10] Former president Rafael Ángel Calderón, founder of the party through which he was elected as a congressman, criticized him for this and assured that Dolanescu intends to be a presidential candidate to which Calderón said "he is not fit for it."[11]

Dolanescu resigned from the PRSC and declared himself an independent lawmaker on July 10, 2020, alleging political differences with former Costa Rican president Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, honorary president of the Republican Party.[12] In this same political event, Dolanescu also resigned as president of the PRSC during his second term. The event generated strong criticism from various members of the PRSC, including Calderón Fournier, who accused Dolanescu of being a populist and that his resignation from the party was due to his political aspirations.[11] On July 9, one day before Dolanescu announced he would resign from PRSC, several members of the Republican Party, among them, congressman Otto Roberto Vargas Víquez and the former presidential candidates Rodolfo Hernández Gómez and Roberto Suñol, filed a complaint to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Costa Rica1 based on a report from the party's fiscal office that questioned the way in which Dolanescu, as party president, handled finances during the 2020 municipal elections. The claim is under review in TSE.[13]

Dolanescu announced he would form a new political party called A Just Costa Rica.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dragos Dolanescu Valenciano - Delfino.cr". Delfino.cr (in European Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Dragoş Dolănescu a depus jurământul ca deputat în Costa Rica: «Îi voi ajuta pe cei săraci»". Click (in Romanian). Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. ^ Angulo, Yamileth (2 July 2018). "Dragos Dolanescu sobre el aborto: No voy a poner mi voto para quitarle la vida a un inocente". El Mundo CR (in Spanish).
  4. ^ Angulo, Yamileth (15 November 2018). "Dolanescu: Nunca apoyaré el matrimonio homosexual". El Mundo CR (in Spanish).
  5. ^ "Diario Extra - 'El PAC manipula exquisitamente a la sociedad'". Diario Extra (in Spanish).
  6. ^ Saborío, Paulo Villalobos (10 May 2018). "Reforma fiscal aprobada en primer debate". ameliarueda.com (in Spanish).
  7. ^ Sequeira, Aarón (4 June 2019). "Diputados de 6 bancadas quieren investigar finanzas electorales del PAC del 2002 al 2010". La Nación, Grupo Nación (in Spanish).
  8. ^ Romero, Fernanda (26 February 2020). "Columbia – Jefa del PLN presidirá investigación legislativa sobre UPAD | Columbia". columbia.co.cr (in European Spanish).
  9. ^ "Carta de Madrid". Fundación Disenso (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  10. ^ Mora, Carlos (July 13, 2020). ""Es un populista que quiere ser presidente"". CRHoy. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  11. ^ a b Sequeira, Aarón (10 July 2020). "Rafael Ángel Calderón: 'Dragos Dolanescu ha asumido la actitud populista'". La Nación, Grupo Nación (in Spanish).
  12. ^ Herrera, Juan José (10 July 2020). "Dragos Dolanescu renunció al Republicano Social Cristiano | Teletica". www.teletica.com (in Spanish).
  13. ^ Sequeira, Aarón (8 July 2020). "Ruptura en el Republicano: Excandidato Rodolfo Hernández denuncia a Dragos Dolanescu ante el TSE". La Nación, Grupo Nación (in Spanish).
  14. ^ Campos, Michelle (19 July 2020). "Republicano reprocha a Dragos Dolanescu formar nuevo partido mientras presidía al PRSC". La Nación, Grupo Nación (in Spanish).
  15. ^ Marín, Claudia (1 August 2020). "Autorizan a Partido Costa Rica Justa a realizar asambleas para conformar estructura partidaria". El Mundo CR (in Spanish).