Diario Libre reports today there are indications that certain names of individuals linked to the PLD political party but officially registered as members of the PRD on the voting list for the aborted 14 December primary were submitted by the PPH faction of the PRD. In addition to the PLD members, there are also indications that members of the military and the PRSC were included on the new members registered by the PPH faction of the PRD.
Hoy newspaper says that Ortiz Bosch, Subervi and Esquea are now conditioning their participation in the primary to the exclusion of the 7% total of police officers and military who were registered, in addition to the 300,000 members of opposing political parties entered. Names of PRSC leaders, such as Federico (Quique) Antun, Amable Aristy Castro and even Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez, were added to the PRD member voters list. Hoy’s “Que se Dice” column comments on the blatant errors in the list, with members of the military appearing in military garb in their photos. The military are not eligible to vote in the Dominican Republic. The Diario Libre says there is a hypothesis among the three pre-candidates who oppose President Mejia’s re-election that the PPH faction (which backs re-election) made mistakes while attempting to fraudulently pad the electoral roster.