Engineer Miguel Vargas, a contender for the candidacy for mayor of Santo Domingo on the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano ticket, denounced a series of irregularities in the past party convention. He requested a recount of the votes. Luis Mariñez, candidate sponsored by the present mayor of Santo Domingo, Rafael Suberví, is the winner according to "provisional" figures issued by the party. Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez reprimanded Miguel Vargas and Luís Mariñez for speaking to the press on the electoral results. Press reports pointed out that the PRD internal election results were similar to the outcome of the national elections prior to 1996, when the party disputed the results on charges of fraud.
