Vice President Jaime David Fernández proposed a great dialogue in which political leaders present their solutions to national problems. He said this should not be a debate where the candidates fight out as if in a boxing or cock fighting ring. PLD presidential candidate Danilo Medina has asked PRD’s Hipólito Mejía to debate him, but the later has been against this debate. Vice President Fernández, who is acting President since President Leonel Fernández is away, said that with the presentation, the Dominican people can listen to how the candidates would resolve the nation’s problems and then be able to better determine who would be the best candidate. Vice President Fernández spoke at the opening of Expo Cibao 99, the Santiago-based exhibition of the central and north region’s produce that is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Santiago.
