Rafael (Fello) Subervi, the former Tourism Minister who aspires to become the PRD presidential candidate for the 16 May 2004 election, said yesterday that President Hipolito Mejia would only be able to win the PRD party nomination through fraud. Subervi’s wife, current Tourism Minister Miguelina Ortiz, said on the Julio Hazim TV program this morning that they are led to believe this because of the “attitudes of certain party members who feel they should remain in power at all costs.” Subervi says that all surveys show he is the leading PRD pre-candidate. Subervi, Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch, Enmanuel Esquea and President Hipolito Mejia will participate in the party convention set for 14 December, at which time the candidate will be chosen. The three opposing Mejia have agreed to add their votes to the one of the three that receives the most. Four more PRD nomination hopefuls, who stand firmly against Mejia’s desire to run again, will participate in a preliminary PRD convention this Sunday, 7 December. These are Hatuey de Camps, president of the PRD; Ramon Alburquerque, senator of Monte Plata; Rafael Flores Estrella and Jose Rafael Abinader.