Ruling Salvador Party to
Pick Candidate
ARENA, Republican
Nationalist Alliance
that has been in power
in El Salvador for 18
years, has started the
process to choose its
presidential candidate
for the March 2009
elections.
Hopefuls include Vice
President of the
Republic Ana Vilma
Escobar, who already
accepted established
rules for ARENA's
internal elections.
In the opinion of ARENA
Deputy President Cesar
Funes, one of the most
significant changes in
the selection mechanism
will prevent people
selected from exploiting
his/her public post.
Officials who enter
internal elections are
required to resign their
posts and any kind of
publicity from that
position is banned,
recalled La Prensa
Grafica daily.
This requirement will
offer equal
opportunities to
competitors, preventing
use of State resources
for campaigns, according
to members of ARENA's
National Electoral
Council. |
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