2003News

406,000 voted No in plebiscite

Annet Cardenas reports for Diario Libre that 441,528 people voted in the PRD plebiscite on the re-election issue on Sunday. Of the total, 92% voted No in answer to the question of re-election as a principle. According to Henry Mejia, the PRD’s director of elections, 99% of the votes have been counted and the PRD leaders and party members will have to acknowledge this outcome. Tirso Mejia Ricart, a member of the mediation committee of the party, told reporters that as soon as things cool down a bit, the committee would get together with the candidates and “find a solution (to the crisis).”