Representatives of the Organization of American States (OAS) announced yesterday that it is sending a full-scale election observer mission to monitor the national elections scheduled for May 16th. The announcement followed a meeting between a three-person OAS advance team and President Leonel Fernandez held in the Presidential Palace. The team included Cristina Tomassoni, the OAS’s "elections expert." Later in the day, meetings were held with Ramon Morel Cerda, president of the Central Elections Board and his staff. The OAS team held the first of three visits with the major presidential contenders when it met with Hipolito Mejia, presidential candidate of the PRD party.
