Pre-candidates for posts in the 2006 congressional and municipal elections will have to present certificates of good conduct and pass drug tests for their registration to be accepted by their respective parties. Diario Libre reports that the PRD and PRSC support the proposed drug test for all pre-candidates whereas the Secretary General of the PLD, Reinaldo Pared Perez, said he is in favor of the project but that it needs to be discussed by the party’s political leadership. The PRD President, Ramon Alburquerque said that his organization would demand certificates of good conduct from the National Police, the National Drug Control Department (DNCD), and the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) from pre-candidates. They will also be required to pass drug tests. The Organization Secretary of the PRSC, Sergia Elena de Seliman, said that the measure is already being implemented and the hiring of a clinical laboratory was announced for the testing of all pre-candidates for congressional and municipal posts in the 2006 elections.