According to the Listin Diario and Hoy newspapers, the PRD party of President Hipolito Mejia has convened two nominating conventions. One of the conventions is being organized by Peggy Cabral and the re-electionist wing of the party -an ironic occurrence in view of the fact that Cabral is the widow of Jose Francisco Pena Gomez, the PRD leader who was an outspoken opponent of presidential re-election. Participants would be Hipolito Mejia, Milagros Ortiz Bosch, Rafael Subervi and Enmanuel Esquea, the top-ranked PRD pre candidates. This convention is set for 15 December. The second convention is being organized by party president Hatuey De Camps and the remaining presidential hopefuls. The PRD’s national executive committee decided that De Camps would choose the date for their convention. According to De Camps 1,071 of the 1,600 members of the national executive committee attended the meeting he chaired at the International Socialist offices. De Camps extended an olive branch to the PPH and the rest of the re-election faction, telling them they would “have to reconsider (their position) and understand that in this organization (the PRD) re-election is not possible” and that victory over Leonel Fernandez would be possible with a “united and non-re-election candidate.”