The latest twist in the maneuverings in the electoral reform saga is a bid by the three PRD Presidential pre-candidates Milagros Ortiz Bosch, Rafael “Fello” Subervi Bonilla and Enmanuel Esquea Guerrero to dodge the Ley de Lemas or Ley de Voto Preferencial Presidencial trap by standing as independent candidates. Under the proposed Ley de Lemas, the parties would be able to field more than one candidate, but all votes obtained by its candidates would be awarded to the one that polls the most, a scenario that favors President Hipolito Mejia’s candidacy. If his PRD rivals were to stand as independents, their votes would be non-transferable. The three pre-candidates, who held a meeting with the President yesterday, are petitioning the Supreme Court to have the current electoral law changed to allow candidates who have not fulfilled the lengthy process of political party registration to stand in the election. Ortiz Bosch, Subervi Bonilla and Esquea Guerrero had refused to participate in the PRD convention scheduled for this coming Sunday, because they claim that President Hipolito Mejia’s supporters, the PPH, are likely to use fraudulent methods to get their candidate selected.