The party luminaries vying for the presidential nomination of the PRD yesterday decided to resume their official leadership posts and actively guide their Party’s political strategy. Meeting at the home of pre-candidate Hatuey Decamps, Senator Milagros Ort?z Bosch, ex-Santo Domingo Mayor Rafael ("Fello") Suberv? Bonilla, Decamps and former Agriculture Minister Hip?lito Mej?a all agreed that they needed to resume a more active hand in guiding Party strategy. The sixth PRD pre-candidate, Senator Jos? Rafael Abinader, did not attend because he was traveling abroad. He did, however, announce his support for the move. Several months ago the various pre-candidates had voluntarily left their posts within the PRD’s directive body, the Presidium, to avoid charges of using the privileges and powers of those posts to influence the race for the Party’s nomination for President in the year 2000 elections. Now Decamps returns to being PRD Secretary-General, while the rest will resume posts as PRD Vice Presidents. The idea for the six to return to actively guiding the Party was first proposed by Suberv? in the wake of the Dominican Municipal League (LMD) fiasco.
