The 18th Convention of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) on Saturday officially proclaimed ex-Agriculture Minister Hip?lito Mej?a and current Senator Milagros Ortiz Bosch as the party’s presidential and vice-presidential candidates, respectively, for the May 2000 national elections. Mej?a had won the most votes in a PRD primary held last month, Ortiz Bosch third place (former Santo Domingo Mayor Rafael "Fello" Suberv? had come in second). Ortiz Bosch had been expected to be picked as Mej?a’s running mate ever since she agreed in May (the first to do so) to a pact with Mej?a that whoever won the primary would be fully supported by the other. Ortiz Bosch will be the first female vice presidential candidate nominated by a major political party.
