The rector of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, and the other members of a national commission that follows the election process, expressed their concerns over how the voting centers would be guarded. The group demanded that the Central Electoral Board (JCE) assign the necessary military personnel to accompany the transport of all official certification of the voting results from the voting centers. This document represents the official results of the election, computers notwithstanding. Monsignor Nunez told reporters that he had received a complaint from the president of one of the ?important? municipal election boards, which said the local board did not have enough security to receive and send these vital documents. The prelate reminded the reporters that there were more than 12,000 polling stations around the country. The commission also requested that special attention be given to Santo Domingo and the National District. With over 30,000 police and Armed Forces personnel, there should be enough people to lend the process the utmost security, according to the rector. On this issue, the director of El Nacional newspaper, Radhames Gomez Pepin, reminded the commission members that in former elections the military personnel stationed at the polling stations had been accused of encouraging voters to vote for particular candidates. Monsignor Nunez reminded everyone that, according to the Electoral Law, no military personnel are allowed inside the voting areas. He insisted, however, that there should be military or police escorts for election officials as they transport the ?backpack? containing the hardcopy results from each voting district to the JCE.