Businessman Jose Antonio Najri could be next Santo Domingo senator. Hoy newspaper says that a source within the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) indicates that Najri is the leading choice to replace Vice President-elect Milagros Ortiz Bosch in the Senate. Najri had lost the senate seat to Milagros Ortiz Bosch in the party primaries in 1997. Earlier, it had been said that Peggy Cabral, widow to the late PRD leader José Francisco Peña Gómez would occupy the senate seat. But then it was said that she will hold another position in the Mejía government. Hoy newspaper also says that it is likely that the Sanchez Ramírez province senate seat held by Vicente Sanchez Baret, chosen director of Customs by President-elect Hipólito Mejía, will be assigned to rice producer Pedro Antonio Luna Likewise, Ramiro Espino is expected to replace Samana senator Milton Ray Guevara, who has been chosen Minister of Labor in the Mejía cabinet.
