President Hipolito Mejia told the press he has his own surveys and doesn’t agree with the criticism of the Catholic priests, including the Archbishop of Santo Domingo Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, made during Easter sermons. Commenting on the opinions expressed by the Archbishop, the President said: "If he said that (the Archbishop), I respect it, but it is not like that. It was already said by another little priest ("curita"). He is a big priest ("curota"), a man of importance whom I respect, but things are not like that." Mejia was interviewed after visiting his oldest son, Ramon, and daughter-in-law, Janet Rivera, at the Abel Gonzalez hospital. The couple had just given the President his first granddaughter. The President already has five grandsons.
