Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez will be buried today at the Cementerio Cristo Redentor, the principal cemetery of Santo Domingo. His tomb will be located 100 meters from the cemetery’s entrance. His funeral entourage will leave the Olympic Stadium at noon, making two stops, one at the headquarters of the PRD and another at the Santo Domingo municipality. (Peña was a former mayor of Santo Domingo.) The funeral entourage will go north from the Olympic Stadium to John F. Kennedy Ave., then south down Máximo Gómez Ave. to César Nicolás Penson Ave., Dr. Báez St., Ave. Bolívar, then Ave. Abraham Lincoln, to the municipality at Calle Ventura Simó, and then north by way of Ave. Jiménez Moya, Ave. Sarasota, Ave. Núñez de Cáceres to Autopista Duarte and the cemetery at 4 pm. President Leonel Fernandez decreed that Dr. Peña Gómez, in recognition of his leadership and contributions to democracy, be given honors of chief of state, despite the fact the politician failed to reach the presidency in three attempts. It is possible that the former (1982-1996) president of the Spanish government, Felipe González, who arrived Tuesday evening, will be the panegyrist. He was a personal friend of Peña Gómez, in addition to their political ties through the International Socialist organization. Upon arriving, González said that Peña Gómez was "a good man, one of vital energy, who dedicated his life working for others".
