Hatuey Decamps, secretary general of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, the largest opposition party, said that a PRD government would support the staging of the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo in year 2003. Polls show that at the present time, two years from the elections, the PRD is the party to beat. Decamps said that sports is a priority in the PRD government platform. "The PRD supports without any reserves the celebration of this event in Santo Domingo," he said. The site of the Games will be granted in December 1998. Santo Domingo is a strong contender for the site against Medellín, Colombia and Guadalajara, Mexico.
