Weekly Report - 10 February 2004
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Mejía, sole PRD candidate, changes tack
President Hipólito Mejía has embarked on a new tack in his reelection bid. Having formally registered his candidacy with the national electoral council, he now appears to see no purpose in pressing for a change in the legislation to allow parties to field several candidates [WR-04-02]. He has engineered a takeover of the ruling Partido Revolucionario Democrático (PRD), though this is being resisted by party president Hatuey Decamps and his followers.
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