Following two and a half hours of negotiations, the PLD and PRSC were not able to finalize agreements towards a political alliance. PRSC Secretary General Victor Gomez Casanova said that his party was able to hear the other organization’s concerns and that there was some progress towards the proposed alliance. According to PLD Secretary General Reinaldo Pared Perez, they do not want the negotiations to be limited to 2006 municipal and congressional candidacies but that they should also include program features. Both agreed that only general aspects were discussed during the first meeting.
El Caribe reports that the meeting is the first that they have held with the interest of fielding common candidates in next year’s election. The meeting was attended by Presidency Minister Danilo Medina, PLD Secretary General Reinaldo Pared Perez, and Agriculture Minister Amilcar Romero. The PRSC was represented by Federico Antun Batlle, Victor Gomez Casanova, Amable Aristy Castro and Jose Hazim Frappier.