Diario Libre comments that President Hipolito Mejia should never have accepted the invitation to visit Spain from the Spanish King and Queen and head of government Jose Maria Aznar, given the conflict with the Spanish power company, Union Fenosa. The Spanish ambassador to the DR, the Spanish monarchs and Aznar had been asked by the company to intercede on their behalf.
Diario Libre’s page-two column says the Spaniards speared the Dominican President with their comments in Spain as if he were a bull in a bullfight, leaving him to bleed. The topic: judicial security, that is, adherence to the law. Anibal Castro, writing for Diario Libre, says that the President should have been forewarned and comments the newspaper was right it predicted the visit would be “electrifying.” For comments, write to acastro@diariolibre.com