Cadena de Noticias newscasting organization interviewed presidential candidate Hipólito Mejía, commenting on Medina’s announcement said, "This opens the doors to national dialogue." He said he would request an appointment to meet with Danilo Medina to thank him in person for his gesture. Jacinto Peynado, vice presidential candidate of the PRSC, commented, "The law is the law, and one had to wait. Now we all have to help the new government."
