The Majority Chose
Change, El Salvador
Candidate
San Salvador -
Salvadorian presidential
candidate Mauricio Funes
considered Sunday's
municipal legislative
elections as successful,
because the Farabundo
Marti Front is today the
country's first
political force.
"We have increased our
votes along the nation,
in departments and
locally, and in the
legislative authority as
well. If we maintain
that same situation for
the elections on March
15, there is no doubt we
will win the
presidency," he said.
In an interview Funes
explained that the
Farabundo Marti Front
for National Liberation
(FMLN) increased its
number of parliament
members from 32 to 37,
while Alianza
Republicana Nacionalista
(ARENA) remains with 34
and could lose two
others.
"What does that mean?
That we increased the
vote in relation to the
year 2006 and this is
giving us greater
presence in the
Legislative Assembly,"
he explained.
In reference to
municipal elections, of
262 councils at stake,
the left increased the
number of mayoralties
from 58 to over 80 and
has recovered control of
administrative centers
that had been rightwing
bastions up to now, with
some of them being
strategic, as La Union.
Questioned about the
voting in San Salvador,
where Norman Quijano, of
ARENA, won with two
points over Violeta
Menjivar, of the FMLN,
Funes considered that
the capital is
important, but it is
just one out of 262
municipalities.
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