The secretary general of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) Lidio Cadet said that the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) was behind the 42-day strike that affected the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, the state university, and the recent skirmishes in slum area barrios. Cadet said that the PRD is trying to make life impossible for the government, sponsoring strikes seeking to reduce the popularity of the government party now that the congressional and municipal elections are soon to take place. He denied versions that the PLD is buying congressmen and opposition party leaders. He also denied that the PLD is counteracting the allegedly PRD-sponsored trouble-making efforts in the barrios by paying delinquents to stay out of the trouble.
