Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, leader of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), returned yesterday after days in the United States where he traveled for his periodical medical checkup. Peña Gómez suffers from cancer of the pancreas. He said that he would personally head his party’s electoral campaign to counteract the resources the government is placing at the service of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana candidates. He accused the government of President Leonel Fernández and the PLD of buying PRD politicians. Referring to his health he said that his condition is "completely stable" and that his illness has been "neutralized." He said that his physicians have authorized his political activities in a normal manner, as long as he alternates these with rest periods. He was received enthusiastically by followers at Las Americas International Airport and all route leading into Santo Domingo.
