The pandemic has altered the usual campaign starts of the matches, as until Saturday only ARENA and GUANYA had announced symbolic events for the start.
By law, candidates for deputies can start their proselytizing campaign two months before the election, so the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) has authorized since this Sunday for candidates to apply for the vote and expose their platforms .
Due to the health situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the parties were not clear until the beginning of last week whether they would hold events to start their campaigns. Many aspirants consulted waited for directions or thought of campaigning on social media or in person.
The TSE announced that aspiring legislators have from December 27 to February 24, 2021 to develop their election campaign ahead of the elections.
Until Saturday night, only ARENA and GUANYA had convened for campaign opening events for MPs.
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WIN has convened for 10:00 a.m. at its headquarters in San Salvador on the Sixth-Tenth in the Flor Blanca colony.
ARENA, meanwhile, has convened for this Sunday at 6:00 pm at the Bicentennial Park of Sant Salvador.
Supreme Electoral Court Magistrate Guillermo Wellman this week urged to maintain measures of distancing, non-crowding and use of mask and ice alcohol if parties organized proselytizing events. He also advised that it was best to ask for the vote through social media.
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