Angel Lockward, a PRSC director, said that what has happened with the election of Peguero Méndez is fair game in politics. "It is normal that the parties take advantage of the errors of the others and the expelling of Peguero Méndez was a costly error," he said. Lockward explained that the PRD board underestimated Peguero Méndez’s political pull. Lockward mentioned a similar case occurred not too long ago when Julio Maríñez of the PRD won the presidency of the Dominican Municipal League despite the PRSC having won the most city governments. At the time, the PRD allied with the PLD.
