Most of the 1,921 government officers elected in the 1998 congressional and municipal elections were sworn in yesterday in events held all throughout the nation. Seventy-two deputies of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano chose to abandon the Chamber of Deputies without being sworn in. The senators and deputies representing the 29 provinces and one national district, mayors and aldermen, representing 115 municipalities were elected to office for the period 1998-2002.
