FMLN Probable Winner In
El Salvador
The opposition Farabundo
Marti National
Liberation Front (FMLN)
is the favorite in vote
intentions for the
coming elections in El
Salvador in March 2009,
revealed a survey by the
Central American
University (UCA).
According to the survey
the Front is at 34.5
percent of positive
votes against the
official Alianza
Republicana Nacionalista
(ARENA) that only
obtained 27.
In the meantime, the UCA
survey reported that
elections for mayors and
deputies to be elected
in January of 2009, the
FMLN obtained 31.5
percent of possible
votes for local
governments and 32.3 for
the Legislative
Assembly.
The decision to split
the elections was a made
by the Higher Electoral
Tribunal.
The UCA dean, Jose Maria
Tojeira, explained that
favorable results for
FMLN were unprecedented.
On the 11th of this
month the Front ratified
its candidates as
Maruicio Funes for
President and Salvador
Sanchez Ceren, former
FMLN guerrilla
commander, as vice
president to an audience
of 80 thousand
spectators in the
capital stadium of
Cuscatlan.
According to several
sources the massive
participation is a
demonstration of popular
acceptance of the
formula proposed by the
opposition demonstrated
in a survey by the local
daily, Prensa Grafica
for the coming
elections. |
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