According to the Listin Diario, Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, the coordinator for the National Dialogue, met with ambassadors from the European Union, Canada, the United States, and Japan. The diplomats voiced their worries over the political crisis affecting the country. Dubbed the “Mini Dublin Group”, the ambassadors met with Monsignor Nunez to analyze the current situation. Maria Figa-Lopez, Spain’s ambassador, served as spokesperson for the group and reported that the group perceives the nation to be tense and on edge. In a report carried by El Caribe, the ambassadors referred to a visit they had made to the Central Electoral Board (JCE). A statement by Eva Kendeffy, the German ambassador, made it clear that the purpose of the visit was neither to collaborate economically with the JCE, nor intervene in any way.” As reported, the ambassadors want to be among the first international observers called for the next elections. Kendeffy told reporters, “We do not have an economic objective, because if we did, we would have used other channels. We have a normal interest in reading the newspapers and they are newspapers that reflect a very difficult reality, and so we decided to go to the source.” Monsignor Nunez, as coordinator of the National Dialogue, lamented the uneasiness caused by the politicians and the fact that foreign ambassadors have to concern themselves with what is happening in the country. Nunez Collado called the politician’s attitude “egotistical”, in that everyone wants to be candidates for one party. Referring to the crisis in the PRD and the PRSC, the prelate said, “I don’t want to say that we look at this as if (the ambassadors) were giving us lessons, but as a Dominican, I would have preferred that it had not been necessary.”