The president of the ruling Dominican Revolutionary Party Santo Domingo chapter says the legal advisor to the President, Guido Gomez Mazara, does not have party authorization to unilaterally call a political gathering. Senator Jose Antonio Najri said that when Gomez invited PRD followers to meet on Sunday at the Club San Carlos in support of the current government, he violated the correct institutional channels of the party. Najri also protested Gomez?s use of the party headquarters to announce the Sunday gathering. Gomez called the meeting after a Hamilton-Beattie-Hoy newspaper poll showed that 59% of the population rejects the PRD administration. President Mejia told El Caribe that he would not attend the Sunday gathering.
