Two days before the deadline for choosing candidates for the municipal and congressional elections, the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano has still not announced its candidates. Miguel Sanz Jiminián says he won the primary to choose the candidate for mayor of Santo Domingo. Former Vice President Jacinto Peynado denied he was offered the position. A recent Hamilton & Staff survey he commissioned showed that he is one of the strongest potential candidates that could successfully compete against José Francisco Peña Gómez and Roberto Salcedo, of the PRD and PLD, respectively. Rafael Corporán de los Santos, a former city mayor for the PRSC, said he was not interested in the position. He said the campaign and his work as mayor of Santo Domingo caused him substantial financial losses. President Balaguer has the last word and has not yet spoken.
