President Hip?lito Mej?a said that his participation in
the upcoming elections is the ?determining factor? that will decide the PRD
victory. The President, as a candidate, warned his adversaries that they had
better behave according to the statutes of the PRD party and the Constitution of
the Dominican Republic. He demanded that the PRD celebrate a convention to
choose his candidacy, and disqualified his opponents, especially the party
president, Hatuey De Camps.
Speaking through the eastern region of the country, in La Romana and El Seibo,
Mej?a enjoyed what the papers called ?support? and he saw plenty of hand-made
signs that called for a convention and ?four more years.? Courting both the
female and youth vote, Mej?a said that he and the PPH is the largest group
within the PRD and that they have more power than all the other candidates
combined. The candidate used his characteristic language sending a ?big kiss on
the lips to all the women.?