Former PRSC presidential candidate, Eduardo Estrella urged his fellow party members to dedicate their time to comb the country to support the party’s own candidates in the 2006 congressional and municipal election rather than negotiating an electoral pact with fellow opposition party, the PRD. As reported in Diario Libre, he commented that while it is important for the party to win senate, deputy, mayor and city councilman posts, it is also important that the party preserve its identy.