Hoy newspaper reported that sectors of the PRSC are trying to convince former Vice President Jacinto Peynado to run for mayor on that party’s ticket in the 16 May 1998 municipal election. The reports say that Peynado, who was the PRSC presidential candidate in the 1996 election, has said he is not too enthusiastic because his past experience is that, although his party nominates him, he has to fund his campaign. Peynado would be a strong contender against Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) and TV producer Roberto Salcedo, running for mayor for the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana. The PRSC has until 15 March to decide the candidate for mayor of Santo Domingo. Preliminary reports indicate that Miguel Sanz Jiminián, a three-time alderman of the city of Santo Domingo, won the primaries of the party. Sanz Jiminián is a son-in-law of Jacinto Peynado.
