The focus of the political press coverage will now be on the Partido de la Liberaci?n Dominicana, which will hold its primary to choose its presidential candidate on Sunday, 27 June. The PLD competition is primarily between Vice President Jaime David Fern?ndez and Secretary of the Presidency Danilo Medina. Some 14,000 PLD members, representing the party’s estimated 300,000-400,000 members, will choose the party’s presidential candidate in the 2000 election. Minister of Tourism Felix Jim?nez also seeks the presidential nomination, but polls show he has scant chances of winning the nomination.
