President Hip?lito Mej?a has made public his proposal to
his PRD adversaries also seeking the party nomination for the May 2004
presidential elections. Mej?a suggested the party hold a primary vote with a
second round in the event that he does not receive 50%. He invited all other
aspirants to select one candidate amongst themselves to face him in the primary.
Mej?a has rejected the options of allowing three independent companies hold
polls to determine the party?s official candidate according to the highest
ranking, and also that of a plebiscite. Instead, Mej?a favors a party
convention, but his adversaries fear that fraud could corrupt the results of a
convention vote.