Mayor of Santo Domingo Rafael Suberví Bonilla and Dr. Joaquín Balaguer met yesterday for 45 minutes at the residence of the former statesman. Referring to the meeting, Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, leader of the PRD, said Suberví and Balaguer were friends and that the meeting was nothing out of the ordinary. Suberví had endorsed Julio Mariñez who preliminary vote counts of the PRD municipal primary Santo Domingo showed won the candidacy for mayor for the PRD. Dr. Peña Gómez felt that the margin had been too slim and chose to self-proclaim himself the candidate to mayor. Peña Gómez has said that due to his delicate health condition (he suffers from cancer of the pancreas), he is likely to delegate most of his responsibilities on the vice mayor.
