The government party’s only senator, Jose Tomas Perez (PLD-National District), asked the government to govern without Congress. He suggested that President Fernandez rule by presidential decree. Perez told the Listin Diario that he expects relations between Congress and the Executive Branch to worsen. The PRD majority Congress is requesting the rehiring of several PRD appointees and that the attorney general desist with actions taken that affect high-ranking officers in the past Mejia government. Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez has set the tone: “This is not about political persecution, but rather about persecution to politicians.”