President Hip?lito Mej?a reaffirmed yesterday his desire
for party unity and requested that the members of the mediating commission,
headed by former President Salvador Jorge Blanco, put into practice whatever is
needed to pull the party back together. Meanwhile, the List?n Diario obtained a
document titled the ?Strategic Pact?, of which the seven potential candidates
are signatories, that reveals that none of the seven will support nor directly
or indirectly participate in Mej?a?s re-nomination Mej?a in the upcoming
plebiscite. President Mej?a told a large crowd that if he wins the nomination
all PRD members will be expected to play a role in his re-election efforts. The
seven members of the Strategic Pact have said that if Mej?a is nominated, none
of them would accept any participation on the ticket.
Eligio J?quez, spokesman for the PPH faction of the PRD seeking the re-election
of President Hip?lito Mej?a, last Friday had described the announcement that the
aspiring pre-candidates of the PRD would organize a plebiscite to determine the
popularity rating of all PRD hopefuls as ?a volley shot?. J?quez told Hoy that
the convention to choose the candidate would take place before November.
?I would like you to tell me, when the orders come for the plebiscite to be
held, who will implement them?? said J?quez.
J?quez also said that 39% of PRD members checked the ?none of the above?
category in the May, June and July polls, when asked who should become the PRD
candidate in the May 2004 election.