In an interview with Ana Mitila Lora of the Listín Diario newspaper, Senator elect Milagros Ortíz Bosch said that President Leonel Fernández was the big loser in the 1998 political campaign. In her opinion, Fernández took upon his shoulders the campaign, and the vote results can be interpreted as a rejection of his re-election aspirations. Presidential election is constitutionally prohibited in the DR. Party members have favored the reform of the Constitution to again admit presidential re-election for at least two terms. Ortíz Bosch also feels that the biggest problem of the PRD is to choose among the many aspirants the presidential candidate for year 2000 elections. She skirted the issue of running for President herself. She feels that being a woman will work against her like she says being black and poor worked against Peña Gómez who never reached the presidency.
