The PRD continues its wrangles in the aftermath of the plebiscite on the re-election issue. Rafael “Fello” Subervi Bonilla has denied the claims of Rafael “Fafa” Taveras, who said that Subervi had met with President Mejia. Despite the plebiscite results, leading PPH (Proyecto Presidencial Hipolito – internal PRD campaign for the President’s re-election) activist Eligio Jaquez insisted that 60% of PRD members are in favor of re-election and that by persisting in his fight against re-election, PRD president Hatuey Decamps is committing political suicide.
In Hoy’s “En solo cien palabras” column, seasoned commentator Emilio Lapayesse makes strong statements against the question of Presidential re-election. “92% against, and an admirable 6% in favor,” he writes. But even this conclusive result of Sunday’s plebiscite of PRD members is not enough to bury the question, he says. What keeps the issue alive is “the passion to give orders on one hand, and the fear of legal persecution on the other… they use false excuses such as the right to be elected or the North American experience…” Lapayesse ends by asking if it could be a “fear of Leonel” that motivates the PRD factions wishing to resist public opinion.
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