This morning’s Hoy newspaper writes that almost all those who attended the Peña Gomez Seminar, presided over by Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch, rose to their feet when she asked how many of the assembled PRD Party leaders were unemployed. In the aftermath, the Vice President, who is also the Ministry of Education, was compelled to leave the meeting due to the ensuing chaos her question produced. The meeting, attended by 400 Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) members, was held at the Club Campestre Haina. There has been speculation that a good percentage of the income to be generated by the newly introduced taxes will have to be devoted to salaries for party members. Ortiz Bosch told the gathering that the government would fulfill its obligations to the Party. President Hipolito Mejia, who had been scheduled to conduct the homage to the late PRD strongman, Jose Francisco Peña Gomez, did not attend.
