Victor Gulias writes in Hoy newspaper?s Sunday edition on the great mastery President Hip?lito Mej?a has shown as a politician. Guilias describes the President as ?the most powerful man of recent times, only surpassed by Dictator Trujillo?. To substantiate his claim, the author points out that Mej?a dominates the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, has control of the Judicial Branch, is owner of the Municipal Branch and the Electoral Branch (with a custom-made Central Electoral Board) and controls the military. Regarding the Catholic Church, he has a family member who is a bishop, and knows how to deal with the church. The US ambassador is his inseparable friend, writes Gulias, who comments additionally on Mej?a?s many close intimates in the media and business sectors. Further increasing his influence, Gulias comments that Mej?a ?is king of the union sector, with Renove or without?.
Mej?a, with the backing of his PPH (Proyecto Presidencial Hip?lito), has also shown that he has sharp claws, knows what he wants and where he is headed. According to Gulias, the President has wagered on dividing the PRSC, neutralizing the PLD and on the adhesion to his own cause of other opposing politicians.
Gulias highlights that Mejia?s power is such that no one has protested the price of propane gas, which rose from RD$6 to RD$19 per gallon. he tripling of the prices of tolls, fuel, medicines, and the exchange rate, are testaments to Gulias? claims that people are under the hypnotic spell of this atypical politician.
The author also mentions that Dominicans have remained silent despite the increase in delinquency, the financial problems of powerful banks, the increases in the costs of power and telephone services, and the increased unemployment. Gulias is also critical of the press, saying that they act in an obsequious manner with regard to he who holds absolute power. ?Hip?lito sails ahead with the winds in his favor. Amen.?