The Political Committee of the PRD decided last night to publicly admonish engineer Julio Maríñez, a precandidate for mayor, for "inappropriate comments". Maríñez had complained that Peña Gómez violated party statutes imposing his candidacy. The Political Committee confirmed Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez as the party’s candidate for mayor. With the ratification, the PRD rejected the suggestion of holding a new convention made by Dr. Peña Gómez. The commission is made up by Milagros Ortíz Bosch, Ivelisse Prats-Ramírez, Tony Raful, Fafa Taveras, Raymundo Tirado and Rafael Gamundi Cordero and presided by Hatuey Decamps, secretary general of the party. Peña Gómez sent the letter from New York City where he traveled for his periodical medical checkup. Peña Gómez suffers from cancer of the pancreas, but his physicians at the Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center of New York City have given him the green light for the political campaign.
