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01-04-2007, 04:50 PM
Commenting for the first time since Danilo Medina's departure from the government, President Leonel Fernandez said that his relationship with the former Minister of the Presidency is fine. When asked why Medina hadn't congratulated the President on his birthday or for the New Year, Fernandez said that Medina had never congratulated him in previous years, so there was no reason why he should he do it now. Fernandez said that he would find the right time to announce whether or not he will run for re-election, and argued that campaigning did not interfere with the running of the country. Medina, known as the PLD's leading political strategist, seeks to run for President on the PLD ticket in the 2008 presidential election. In 2000, when then President Leonel Fernandez was impeded by the Constitution to run for re-election, Medina ran on the PLD ticket and lost to the PRD's Hipolito Mejia. While he has not formally announced his intention to run, this time around President Leonel Fernandez has made it clear through his actions that he will seek reelection. The Constitution was changed in 2004 and consecutive presidential re-election was allowed.
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