Fernandez to delay Constitution bill

[NewsWhore]

President Leonel Fernandez may wait until the PLD convention is over before presenting his constitutional reform proposal. The proposal was due to have been presented on the opening day of the spring congressional sessions, on Independence Day, 27 February. Diario Libre explains that getting a consensus vote in the PLD is proving difficult now that Danilo Medina, the President's leading challenger for the PLD 2008 presidential nomination, has the support of many legislators. Moreover, the PLD alone does not have enough votes to modify the Constitution. Fernandez's proposal would still need support from opposition legislators. Senate leader Reinaldo Pared Perez highlighted the fact that the PLD needs a two-thirds majority vote. The PLD has this majority in the Senate but not in the Chamber of Deputies.

More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)