El Salvadorīs FMLN Seeks
Integration
The presidential
candidate for El
Salvadorīs Farabundo
Marti Liberation Front (FMLN),
Mauricio Funes,
announced that if he
wins the 2009 elections,
he would boost
international relations.
Funes boasted of having
an integrationist
vocation and noted the
need to diversify
international relations.
El FMLN candidate said
he expects to maintain a
respectful relationship
with the United States
and hopes for a
reciprocal attitude from
Washington.
He recalled that last
December he met in
Washington with US
Undersecretary of State
for Latin America Tom
Shannon, whom he asked
for avoiding statements
that might affect the
Salvadoran election
process as it had
happened before.
Funes explained that the
answer Shannon gave was
that "there would be no
declaration by the
United States government
that could be taken as
interference in El
Salvadorīs internal
affairs."
If elected, Funes would
hold a symbolic act to
ask for forgiveness for
all the victims of the
1980-1992 civil war in
El Salvador, where it
left 75,000 dead, 12
thousand handicapped and
eight thousand
disappeared.
"The victims of the
conflict and families of
victims demand moral and
material reparation," he
emphasized.
The opposition candidate
stressed that an act of
apology is a demand that
the FMLN has made
repeatedly.
He went on to explain
that dollarization is a
measure under discussion
in the party and
announced FMLN would
maintain the
dollarization, but with
complementary measures.
Funes and his running
partner, former
guerrilla comandante
Salvador Sanchez, lead
all voting intention
polls.
Salvadorans will vote
for legislators and
mayors on January 18,
2009 and for president
and vice president on
March 15. |
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