Both the Diario Libre and the List?n Diario say that the
PRD leaders and aspiring candidates to the PRD presidential nomination were
taken aback by President Mej?a?s vision of how the candidate should be selected,
as publicized in his proposal. They say that President Mej?a never alluded to a
?second round of voting? when he met with them. According to the group?s
spokesman, Enmanuel Esquea Guerrero, President Mej?a only said that if he did
not obtain 50% of the votes at the convention, he would ?go home.?
Rafael Suberv? Bonilla, Tourism Minister and one of the pre-candidates, echoed
Esquea?s statement as he told reporters he had heard ?nothing about a second
round (of voting).?
In his press statement, Esquea Guerrero made no mention of a supposed proposal
to hand out government posts to the aspiring candidates if they stepped down.
Esquea acted as host at the latest meeting of the presidential hopefuls, at
which he said the proposal was neither rejected nor accepted, but that it was
being considered.
The president of the PRD, Hatuey De Camps, did not attend the meeting, as he is
currently travelling abroad.