El Caribe reports that the Group of Seven presidential hopefuls is ready for the national plebiscite this coming Sunday. The ballots are printed. Henry Mejia, the director of elections for the PRD party, says that the logistics are in place and that the Central Electoral Board has nothing to do with the case. The PRD plebiscite will question whether the generality of the party considers presidential re-election to be within the party’s doctrine. PRD president Hatuey de Camps declared that the vote will be this Sunday the 19th. The PRD has named 32 commissions to handle the voting in each province. The PRD has 1.7 million persons in its electoral list. Even voters in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Miami will have a chance to express their opinions.
Diario Libre focuses on a secondary problem that could become primary. Within the group of Seven, both Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch and Tourism Minister Rafael Subervi Bonilla seek to be the alternative to Hipolito Mejia running for President. The newspaper speculates that if Subervi does not get the support of the seven, he would be swayed to continue to support President Mejia in the latter’s interest in re-election, considerably reducing the strength of the Seven and weakening the call for PRD members to participate in the plebiscite.