Membership to the ruling PRD party does not guarantee immunity to official surveillance, if Enmanuel Esquea Guerrero, Milagros Ortiz Bosch, Ramon Alburquerque and Henry Mejia’s experiences are anything to go by. They are complaining that their phones have been tapped, according to Diario Libre, whose editors have also reportedly been victims of this type of intervention. Another protestor is former ambassador Miguel Mejia, who accused President Hipolito Mejia of ordering his phone be wired. Miguel Mejia served as Caribbean relations ambassador to the Foreign Ministry under former President Leonel Fernandez (PLD, 1996-2000) and is accusing the government of recording his conversations with Venezuelan and Dominican officials, in relation to the recent diplomatic dispute between the two countries. According to the law, this sort of surveillance can only be authorized when there is suspicion that drug trafficking or other serious criminal activity is taking place, something which Miguel Mejia says is clearly not the case in any of the above interventions.