Hatuey de Camps, Secretary General of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), was interviewed in the Listín Diario. Following are some of his responses to the questions. On what he would be willing to sacrifice to be President of the country, he said: "I never would sacrifice my principles. I am a coherent man. I have 37 years of militancy in the PRD and have not been a member of another party. I am fulfilled and have always proceeded by the dictates of my conscience, which is the best way to proceed. I believe that in a society such as this one has to govern with and for the different sectors and that absolutism is past history." When asked if he considers himself the heir of the late party leader, Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, he said: "No. That happens with monarchies and we don’t have them here. Nobody can wear the boots of Jose Francisco Peña Gómez. He was exceptional. It has cost me lots of work to reach the political position where I am at now. If I have a front line position, it is not because I have wanted it, it is because others that should have been there were not. I could have spent my time in the countryside, at a beach instead of dedicating myself full time to politics. I am more mature than many, because of the years I have been involved in politics, nevertheless, I do not despair. But let no one be confused, I am not excluding myself. I have not been hand picked to the position where I am. I have won it many times over." As to the PRD dominating in the Congress, and the PLD in the Executive Branch, and how this would be dealt with, he said: "We are obliged, for the country, to cohabit. In this country there cannot be a divorce between the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch. There can be interpretations, discussions and different points of view, but necessarily the two branches of government have to cohabit. We have to do what is in the convenience of the country."
