The PRD formally requested that the Junta Central Electoral, the body in charge of organizing the presidential election, order the PLD to suspend the passing of the spot showing edited copy of non-favorable televised presentations of PRD presidential candidate, Hipólito Mejía. The PLD has also been passing the televised presentations of the Uno+Uno interviews, in which PLD candidate Danilo Medina came across as having a comprehensive grasp of the issues, not so PRD candidate Hipólito Mejía. The PRD argues that the PLD sponsored spots violate Law 24-97 because they are making unauthorized use of the image of Hipólito Mejía. The PLD says all it did was compile actual copy of public appearances made by the PRD candidate. The leading polls — Gallup, Sigma, Penn, Hamilton — all show that Hipólito Mejía and PRD is the man and party to beat. But the same polls show that he does not have enough votes to win in a first round. To win in the first round, he needs 50%+1 of the vote. The two other leading parties, PLD and PRSC need each other’s support to win the presidential seat. President Leonel Fernández of the PLD is in power today with the support of the today presidential candidate of the PRSC, Joaquín Balaguer. Despite the fact that most leading polls show Hipólito Mejía as winning in the second round, in Dominican politics, as in baseball, nothing is certain until votes are cast.
