Presidential and parliamentary elections were under way in the Dominican Republic on Sunday. Incumbent Luis Abinader from the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) is running for a second four-year term as president and head of government and, according to polls, was the favourite going into Sunday’s vote. His party had already done well in the local elections in February. Abinader is being challenged by former president Leonel Fernández, who governed in 1996-2000 and again in 2004-08, and the former mayor of the second largest city, Santiago, Abel Martínez. All three candidates can be assigned to …