In its electoral bulletin number two, with almost all the votes counted, the Partido de la Liberacion Dominicana confirmed that former technical secretary of the Presidency in the Fernandez administration, Temistocles Montas did not make it into the Central Committee in the first round. In fact, only 21 PLD members did, of a list of about 600 pre-selected aspirants to the 300 posts. A 50% vote was needed to make it into the Central Committee in the first round. Those that made it are: Leonel Fernandez, Jaime David Fernandez, Danilo Medina, Jose Joaquin Bido Medina, Lidio Cadet, Felix Jimenez, Norge Botello, Euclides Gutierrez, Alejandrina German, Radhames Segura, Rafael Alburquerque, Franklin Almeyda, Jose Tomas Perez, Reinado Pared, Roberto Salcedo, Eduardo Selman, Cesar Pina Toribio, Miguel Cocco, Julian Serulle, Rafael Kasse Acta and Danilo Diaz. Those that did not receive 50% of the vote need to go to a second round. The Organizing Committee of the VI Congress Juan Bosch has not yet set the date of the second round. The congress is held to reorganize the party and better position it for the 2002 and 2004 municipal and presidential elections. The PLD needs to choose 150 delegates for the National District, 12 for the foreign sections and 108 at municipal level. The outgoing Central Committee members will choose the other 30.
