Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, in an eight page letter to President Leonel Fernández, commented that the government of President Fernández has not yet learned who’s who in the Dominican Republic. He said that this explains the serious errors, moves and countermoves, measures and countermeasures of the government, especially in regards to the performance of the Attorney General’s office. Peña Gómez told President Fernández that the true power in this country resides in four groups, which are: (1) The political parties, the organized grass-roots movement, and the union sector as one. (2) The churches, principally the Catholic, and then the Evangelical. (3) The business sector and its controlling families, including the traditional aristocrats; and in a minor degree, the new business groups made up by professionals who through hard work have made it to the top echelons. (4) The Armed Forces. Dr. Peña Gómez said that regardless of President Fernández having been democratically elected, he cannot forget that he is in power with the votes of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano. He commented that after a year in government, the government party has not reached the electoral force of the PRD, and much less the combined strength of the PRD and the PRSC.
