13 PLD senators who support the bill to change the Constitution so that President Danilo Medina may run for re-election delivered the bill to the president of the Senate, Cristina Lizardo yesterday, Thursday 30 April 2015. Lizardo said the bill would be presented during the Wednesday, 6 May 2015 session. She said the bill would be sent to a special commission.
The bill was signed by Senators Reinaldo Pared Perez, Charlie Mariotti, Ruben Dario Cruz Ubiera, Luis Rene Canaan, Tommy Galan, Felix Nova, Wilton Guerrero, Amilcar Romero, Rafael Calderon and Antonio Cruz Torres, who delivered it to Lizardo, and by Ivonne Chahin and Euclides Sanchez, who were absent.
15 PLD senators oppose the bid to reinsert re-election into the Constitution. However, they believe that the differences could be resolved if former President Leonel Fernandez and President Danilo Medina were to meet.