Representatives of the various parties have already approached the polls. Margarita Escobar, from ARENA, had to have her ballot replaced
Candidates from the different political parties in contention arrived in the morning at their respective polling stations, and agreed that the problems that occurred at the beginning of the day had already been overcome, so they invited the population to approach the polls with confidence, as they felt that both biosecurity measures and rules in the voting process were being properly applied.
The deputy Margarita Escobar, who is looking for re-election for ARENA, voted for the CE Concha Vídua de Graó, but at the time of voting they broke the corner of one of the ballots, so she had to cancel and they gave him another ballot.
Beyond the incident, Escobar expressed that “the obstacles of the morning have already been overcome, do not be afraid, there are all biosecurity measures, this is our democracy.”
The Vice President of the Republic, Félix Ulloa, voted in the center located in the residential colony Motocross, and expressed that “there is enough citizen presence, national observers and party representatives, in this center everything goes normally, as we have seen in others Electoral processes. Many complaints were received, at the beginning of the installation of the JRV and opening of centers, there was a lot of delay. But at 10 in the morning these incidents were already overcome for the most part. “
Nidia Diaz, a candidate for the FMLN, voted for INFRAMEN and said she was at the venue from 5 am, so she described what has happened at this polling station.
“The board members came in without much trouble, unless they wanted to change the rule, on the part of the New Ideas party, of entering more than one representing the coalition at the tables and that is not possible, because the law it is clear that it is one by coalition. Then they put pressure here and from there the atmosphere a bit of arrogance, insults, so vague, but from here everything is normal “, he described about what happened in several receiving boards in different parts of the country.
Díaz pointed out that this is the 29th electoral process that has taken place in the country since the signing of the peace in 1992, and explained that “it is very important that people become more aware, more reasoned when issuing their vote, that the country’s electoral political system, in the best moments of other parties does not give the expectation that has been created of 60, of 70 deputies, but is a system of waste, quotients representing minorities as well. Then the calculations cannot come out exactly as they have created an expectation through opinion polls, polls, because electoral arithmetic and the way this system does not allow it.
The efemelenista deputy detailed that “for example, the maximum apogee that could have had the Front had 35 (deputies), having more than 1 million 500 thousand (votes) in the presidential ones. Same in ARENA, that are the parties older, it had 39 in the year 94, and from here it has always been less than 50% plus 1 “, he analyzed, in relation to how it could conform the next assembly 2021-2024. “So if you create expectation in people and tell them ‘stand around, defend the vote they want to steal from you,’ you’re imagining ghosts, because the country’s electoral political system is pretty tested.”
Yanci Urbina, in turn a candidate for deputy for the FMLN in San Salvador, commented that “at 9 am, in San Salvador, as FMLN we have a report that tells us that mostly, the polling stations in the department have started and l ‘attention to the public, and the population has already come to exercise suffrage.’
On what has happened in the morning by some representatives of New Ideas, he said that “they resorted to bullying, to try to impose themselves by force and enter the polling stations. This was putting a pause in some centers, the start of operations was delayed in some cases, but these are situations that were separated, because in the centers these practices of political violence were rejected. “
Roberto D’Aubuisson, who is seeking re-election as mayor of Santa Tecla for ARENA, said that “we see that voting is taking place in a safe and calm manner, always with the biosecurity measures we must maintain for the “I see a massive vote, it fills us with calm and joy. It is fluid and calm. My expectation is that we are going to win, the data gives us a sure victory.”
Carlos Calleja deposits the ballot papers in his respective box. Photo by Jessica Orellana
Norman Quijano, a candidate for the PARLACEN for ARENA, also spoke at the Sacred Heart School in the morning; as well as the ex-candidate to the presidency of the Republic by this political institute, Carlos Calleja, to in Boulevard of the Race course.
Mario Ponce, president of the Legislative Assembly and deputy for the PCN, rejected the insinuations of fraud by government officials, WIN and New Ideas, and commented that “fraud was already done, in this election period , with the purchase of wills by means of inputs bought with the taxes of the Salvadorans “; and warned that “we will monitor this process step by step, second by second, and the result will not be different from the will deposited by the voter in this ballot box, which gave the TSE between 9 and 11 pm.”
Will Salgado, who seeks to regain the mayoralty of Sant Miquel with the New Ideas-WIN coalition, voted at the Aminta Montiel school in the eastern city, as did his brother Numan Salgado, a WIN deputy.
The Salgado brothers cast their ballots at a polling station in Sant Miquel. Photo / Jorge Reyes
The candidate for any Miguel building lamented around 9 and 30 am that “there are still centers that have not opened to vote in San Miguel. We anticipated this, a friend said that if they open late, they can close late, but they will not want to do it. No matter how much they do these bullshit and rattle, the indignant people are going out to vote. “
On his chances of victory, Salgado commented that “My expectations are very high, out of every 10 people I met, eight told me they would vote for me. We will win by more than 50% in this election. I am one hundred percent I will surely regain the mayoralty and it will not be by a small margin “.