The Chamber of Disputes of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) annulled the PRD primary that took place on 7 December and which was won by the president of that party, Hatuey de Camps. The National Executive Committee (CEN) made the declaration on the basis that it did not meet the required quorum of members. During that primary, PRD president Hatuey de Camps was elected presidential candidate for the PRD, in spite of the fact that his leading contenders for the PRD nomination did not participate. De Camps said the JCE decision was political and a blow to its institutionalism as the body in charge of elections. By contrast, the JCE validated the convention of a primary in which President Mejia would compete against Vice-President Milagros Ortiz Bosch, Rafael Subervi and Enmanuel Esquea. That primary was aborted, however, after Mejia’s contenders claimed widespread fraud was in the works, orchestrated by those supporting Mejia’s re-election.