Meanwhile, the Ley the Lemas itself is generating more and more resistance. The Diario Libre assesses that it is unlikely to be discussed by the Chamber of Deputies today as planned. Many deputies are threatening to boycott the debate, in an attempt to deprive the proposed law of the quorum needed for a decisive vote. Chamber President Alfredo Pacheco, who has expressed his reservations about the proposal, said yesterday that it would not be rushed through the Chamber and should go to a committee for discussion, while opposition PLD and PRSC deputies, as well as some PRD, said they would leave the Chamber if the proposed law was going to be debated. Hundreds of representatives of civil society organizations, political parties, trade unions, community groups and the business community presented a letter of protest to the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Alfredo Pacheco, yesterday. The text is published in today’s newspapers and asks that the proposal, which they believe is unconstitutional, should be brought to the Supreme Court. Another statement appears in today’s papers, signed by the PLD block of deputies, calling on “all politically responsible legislators” to make every effort to prevent this electoral reform from being imposed. A “silent” protest march is planned for this morning in Santo Domingo. It will set off at 10am from outside the lottery building, proceed through the Centro de los Heroes and on to the National Congress building.