Speaking on the “Hoy Mismo” TV show on Channel 9, PRD party president Hatuey de Camps said that Milagros Ortiz Bosch, Rafael Subervi and Enmanuel Esquea would be entering not a primary but rather “a massacre and gas chamber” regarding the PRD party convention set for Sunday, 21 December. De Camps said the government has transferred the names on the government payroll to the PRD voting list for the primaries so as to make it appear that Mejia has the support of the majority of the Dominican people. “The payroll has been entered and they have been made to appear as PRD and re-election supporters,” said de Camps. He mentioned that the government had disbursed RD$32 million to provincial governors to prepare for the primary, in addition to the authorization of tax exemptions on vehicle imports for mayors. Furthermore, he mentioned that the National Lottery has been distributing aid to encourage support for re-election. He said that President Mejia has not had any qualms about abusing the resources of the state to impose his re-election.
De Camps also said that government officers have been seen traveling in helicopters and distributing bags of money in Rancho Arriba, Ocoa and other southern regions. He complained that the President is also making use of government-intervened Baninter electronic media to further his cause. “You see President Mejia canvassing the entire country, going everywhere, while the economy is full of problems. That is the tragedy of re-election. Because if he has to take strong measures, they will not be taken because that affects the electoral process.”