The Listin Diario says that it is unlikely that the Partido de la Liberación will achieve the veto power it wanted in Congress. So far, with less than 500 voting stations remaining to be tolled, the PLD had only 49 PLD senators in Congress. The party needed a minimum of 50 deputies. Bills vetoed by the President will not be able to be overridden by government party congressmen if the majority of the PRD deputies votes for their passing. The PLD will need the vote of at least one dissident PRD deputy or one PRSC deputy. This reduces the negotiating power of the government with the National Congress. The PLD quadrupled their participation in the Chamber of Deputies. The party is represented by 13 congressmen in the 1994-1998 Congress.
