President Hip?lito Mej?a has made public his proposal to
\nhis PRD adversaries also seeking the party nomination for the May 2004
\npresidential elections. Mej?a suggested the party hold a primary vote with a
\nsecond round in the event that he does not receive 50%. He invited all other
\naspirants to select one candidate amongst themselves to face him in the primary.
\nMej?a has rejected the options of allowing three independent companies hold
\npolls to determine the party?s official candidate according to the highest
\nranking, and also that of a plebiscite. Instead, Mej?a favors a party
\nconvention, but his adversaries fear that fraud could corrupt the results of a
\nconvention vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Hip?lito Mej?a has made public his proposal to his PRD adversaries also seeking the party nomination for the May 2004 presidential elections. Mej?a suggested the party hold a primary vote with a second round in the event that he does not receive 50%. He invited all other aspirants to select one candidate amongst themselves … <\/p>\n