El Caribe reports that it is likely that the presidential commission appointed to propose changes to the Constitution will recommend reducing the 50%+1 vote requirement to win the presidency in the first round to 45%. Agripino Núñez Collado, coordinator of the commission said that there was consensus on this point. El Caribe says that victory margins in the below mentioned elections were: 1962 Juan Bosch 58.7% 1966 Joaquin Balaguer 39% 1978 Antonio Guzman 51.7% 1982 Salvador Jorge 46% 1986 Joaquin Balaguer 40.7% 1990 Joaquin Balaguer 1994 Joaquin Balaguer 41.5% 1996 Leonel Fernandez 45.9% 2000 Hipolito Mejia 49.9%
