The rector of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Edylberto Cabral, said that politics has kept the state university from reopening. Some 2,010 administration workers have been on strike for five weeks now, impeding the registration of new students. Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, president of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), sent Hatuey de Camps, secretary of his party, to intervene, with no positive results. De Camps was an active student leader during his studies at the university. Most of the members of the striking office workers union that have impeded the resumption of classes at the state university are active PRD militants. The organization is controlled by the PRD. More than 82,000 students are affected by the strike. Daily losses are estimated at RD$1.7 million.
