US Fails to Smear El
Salvador FMLN
The El Salvador
Farabundo Martí National
Liberation Front (FMLN)
rejected a US
intelligence report on
alleged aid from
Venezuela in the
electoral campaign of
that Salvadoran party
for the elections of
2009.
The deputy of the Front,
Sigfrido Reyes,
categorically rejected
the inference and
assured that the FMLN
has not received any
funds whatsoever from
that South American
nation.
Reyes warned that the
purpose of these
accusations is to
discredit the main
opposition party and its
presidential formula for
the elections.
For the general
elections of 2009 the
FMLN will present
Mauricio Funes as
candidate for president
and former guerrilla
commander, Salvador
Sanchez Ceren as vice
president.
Funes leads surveys of
vote intentions and if
he wins it would be the
first time that the left
governs that Central
American country.
"The FMLN works with its
own funds through
contributions in the
country and do not seek
funds from foreign
governments. The FMLN
does not overspend on
the campaign since there
are no funds to be
wasted," the legislator
explained.
For his part, Funes
explained that, for more
than four years, this
political group proposed
that Congress decree a
law controlling funds
used in elections by all
parties but the right
has not wanted to
approve it.
The reaction of the
opposition party arose
after revelation of a
report sent to the
United States Senate by
the national
intelligence director of
that country, Michael
McConnell.
The report presented in
the US states that the
Venezuelan government
will "supply generous
funds" to the FMLN for
its election campaign. |
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