At a meeting of opposition PLD party supporters last night, Presidential candidate Leonel Fernandez told the audience that President Hipolito Mejia was their greatest ally, because “he is helping us with his way of handling things, and for this reason we are not offended by his insults.” Fernandez predicted that his party would command support of up to 60%, a level unsurpassed by any politician since the ill-fated Bosch government of 1963. He excluded the possibility of launching a campaign of “dirty tricks” and warned that if the ruling PRD took that route they would regret it. The former President said that he doubted his party’s support could fall below 50%, guaranteeing an outright victory for the PLD at next year’s Presidential elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At a meeting of opposition PLD party supporters last night, Presidential candidate Leonel Fernandez told the audience that President Hipolito Mejia was their greatest ally, because “he is helping us with his way of handling things, and for this reason we are not offended by his insults.” Fernandez predicted that his party would command support … <\/p>\n