Balaguer arrived at 11:55 am to the San Carlos Club where the PRSC Assembly was held. Shortly after, he was unanimously proclaimed to run for President. This will be the ninth time he runs for the Partido Reformista since that party was created in 1964. His speech was interrupted on several occasions by his enthusiastic followers. His words were as follows: "I must begin my words welcoming the foreigners that honor us with their visit. As Dominican and Reformista we are highly pleased and proud of the testimonial of solidarity that these illustrious representatives offer, true representatives of the democratic culture of our days. "I would like to thank, in my own name and that of the Partido Reformista, the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano and the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana for having appointed commissions to this national extraordinary assembly. "I do not think it is necessary that I stop and present the Partido Reformista government program that I would implement if I am favored by the majority vote in the next election as the country is aware of our programs through more than 20 years of government; but I would like to thank with my spirit, with all my heart the solemn commitment placed upon my shoulders by the members of this assembly and the PRSC. "I would like to express my most profound gratitude to the conventioneers present here and ensure them that within my physical possibilities, already diminished, I will do what is necessary, to make this nation an every day more fair one for all. "I will do all within my reach to convert the Dominican people into an everyday less poor people for its children. May I leave you all then with the historic words, Reformista: The luck is cast. Move ahead, move ahead Reformistas, at winners’ pace."
