The Presidency said that during the meeting between President Leonel Fernández and a commission of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano held at the National Palace, the government seat, the government made it clear that it will not get involved in internal affairs of the PRD. The PRD commission met with the President concerned that the government party may lend its vote to the aspirations of Hector Peguero Méndez, president of the Chamber of Deputies, to repeat in the post with the support of the PLD and the PRSC and dissident PRD members like himself. The PRD has chosen other members to preside the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. These members, Ramón Alburquerque and Winston Arnaud, were present at the meeting with President Leonel Fernández. Also present were Enmanuel Esquea Guerrero, interim president of the party and Danilo Medina, Secretary of the Presidency. The meeting started at 12:30 and was adjourned at 3 pm. The National Palace issued a press release explaining that during the meeting they agreed on a multi-party dialogue to legislate on priority projects that are pending. The Presidency explained that the decision to call legislators back to work does not have as objective to introduce a bill to permit presidential re-election, at present banned by the Constitution.
