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07-23-2008, 05:00 PM
After some heated debates, the PRD has decided to continue its policy of refusing to engage with the Leonel Fernandez government. The party's political commission, whose meeting was postponed at least twice, according to Listin Diario, did approve sending a letter to President Fernandez, asking the government to assign a proportionate number of seats to PRD deputies at the Central American Parliament (Parlacen). The PRD aspires to at least eight seats at the parliament. One of those present during the meeting told Listin reporter Abel Guzman Then that a very heated discussion took place between PRD president Ramon Alburquerque and Carlos Gabriel Garcia, the spokesperson for former candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado, and it nearly brought the meeting to a close. Miguel Vargas and former President Hipolito Mejia both favor a constructive opposition policy that would take the PRD to a dialogue on the main problems facing the nation, especially the present crisis brought on by the price of oil. Party leaders Alburquerque and Orlando Jorge Mera feel that the party should not enter into a dialogue that would legitimize the PLD government.
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