Minister of Tourism Felix Jiménez was defeated in his aspirations to be elected mayor of Santo Domingo in the 1994 election by present incumbent, Rafael Suberví Bonilla. At the start of the week, in an interview in Hoy newspaper, he criticized Suberví for neglecting his work as Mayor of the city in order to campaign for deputy on the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano ticket. Suberví is running for deputy for his home town of Barahona. The Minister of Tourism accused Suberví of negligence in garbage collecting in the colonial city.
