It follows through this space the most important moments of the electoral day in which Salvadorans choose Legislative Assembly, Parlacen and Municipal Councils.
In a different scenario in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, El Salvador is holding municipal and legislative elections for the period 2021-2024 on 28 February.
More than 5.3 million citizens are registered in the electoral roll. The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) has enabled 1,595 polling stations in the country and 8,451 Voting Boards (JRV) for this event.
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In this space you can follow the most relevant incidents of the election day that began with some delays in some polling stations.
14:40 h. President Nayib Bukele gives a press conference from a hotel in the capital, prior to his vote, where he calls on the people to go out and cast their ballots. “There is still time,” the president said.
14:05 h Adam Perdomo, who is seeking re-election for the municipality of Ilopango, cast his vote.
Members of a JRV hand over ballot papers to Mayor Adam Perdomo.
1:50 pm At the Cristóbal Colón School Center in Nahuilingo, Sonsonate, the data transmission equipment that will be delivered to the JRVs at 5:00 pm when the voting day closes is ready. Teams are charged to work for three hours in the event of a blackout, said Gladys de Castro, a member of the transmission team.
The atmosphere of voters at the Cristóbal Colón School Center in Nahuilingo, in Sonsonate. Photo / Magdalena Reis
13:40 h Prosecutor Raúl Melara speaks on Twitter about the attention in the polling stations.
1:15 p.m. Agustina Pérez, 89, attended the polling station dressed in the typical costume of the indigenous community that still resists disappearing in the municipality of Nahuizalco, in Sonsonate. “I came to vote because it’s my duty and a principle, I vote for my blood and because it’s important,” said the octogenarian who arrived accompanied by the youngest of her seven children.
13:05 h Mayor of Santa Anna and candidate for re-election by ARENA, Milena de Graó, cast her vote at the INSA polling station.
The candidate for re-election for mayor of Santa Anna, Milena de Graó, cast her vote. Photo: Jonathan Funes
13:00. Mario Durán, candidate for mayor of San Salvador by New Ideas, exercised his vote at the Manuel José Arce National Institute, in the Model neighborhood, in San Salvador.
The candidate for mayor of San Salvador, Mario Durán, after casting his vote. Photo: Lissette Monterrosa
12:30 p.m. Some young people in San Miguel stated that they prefer face voting, as in this way they agree that they choose the people with whom they identify.
Some young people who have exercised their vote in Sant Miquel. Photo / Iliana Ávila
12:05 pm In Guaymango, Ahuachapán, before the polling stations were set up, some acts of violence arose in the early hours of the morning. One of them starred Osiris Luna, director general of Penitentiary Centers and Deputy Minister of Justice, who was instructed to enter the polling station by force along with other members of New Ideas and intervene in the installation. JRV without being accredited for it, according to a video posted by 106.9 FM Radio on its Twitter account.
Party militants forcibly enter polling station. Video taken from: @arpassv
12:00 h Despite the ban on taking children to the polling stations in front of COVID-19, it was observed that some citizens went to the polls in the company of minors.
11:50 h Supporters of New Ideas and the candidate for mayor of Santa Anna, Gustavo Acevedo, gave away shirts with the logo of the candidate for the commune to people attending a polling station at the school Rafael Alvarez Lalinde.
New Idea supporters hand out shirts alluding to the municipal mayoral candidate near a polling station. Photo / Jonathan Funes
11:45 h. Members of a Vote Receiving Board (JRV) of the Zacamil kindergarten in Mexicans complained that there was not enough equipment for them. In most JRVs there was only one table.
At the polling station installed at Parvularia Zacamil, in Mexicans, it was reported that not all JRVs received their work inputs. Photo: Menly Cortez
11:35 h Miguel Pereira, who is seeking his re-election as mayor of Sant Miquel by the FMLN, cast his vote at the Fe i Alegria center.
Photo: Jorge Reyes.
11:30 h U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Brendan O’Brien toured the polling station at the Concha Widow School in Graó, where he reiterated that his government supports fair, transparent and peaceful. He argued: “The election where all votes count is vital. What we want to see is patience in the process. Sometimes the results take time.”
Photo EDH / Marvin Romero
11:20 h Attorney General Raúl Melara reported the arrest of a suspect for electoral fraud in the Union department. As indicated, it was a person who voted in a polling station where he did not have to cast his vote.
Attorney General Raúl Melara on his arrival at the polling station on the Hippodrome Boulevard. Photo video capture
11:05 The mayor of San Salvador and who is seeking re-election for ARENA, Ernesto Muyshondt, when arriving at the polling station Concha widow of Graó to cast the vote. Muyshondt said he hopes the government will not use the Police and Armed Forces for electoral purposes.
Ernesto Muyshondt, who is seeking re-election in the capital. Photo / Courtesy
11:00 h Salvadoran Joaquín López complained that after 15 minutes the ink on his fingers did not mark. He denounced the poor quality of the product.
Citizen complained that although they applied indelible dye to her, it did not affect her fingers. Photo: Óscar Iraheta
10:50 h International observers report irregularities at the Oriental Republic School Center in Uruguay, in the Zacamil colony in Mexico. Delegates Adamaris Silva and Nancy Flors, from Mexico, noted that police officers and polling station staff did not prioritize the entry of older adults to vote and that they had received complaints about a political party that was distributing propaganda. .
International observers Adamaris Silva and Nancy Flors, from Mexico, verify the electoral process on the outskirts of the Oriental Republic School Center in Uruguay, in Mexico. Photo: Menly Cortez
10:50 h Deputy Margarita Escobar, who is seeking re-election for ARENA, voted at the Concha Vídua de Graó School Center, but when she voted, they broke the corner of one of the ballots, so she had to cancel. and they gave him another ballot.
Margarita Escobar, candidate for deputy for ARENA, exercises her vote this February 28, 2021. Photo EDH / Courtesy
10:40 h At the Romero Alberg School Center there are rows outside and inside the polling station. There were disagreements at some of the Vote Receiving Boards (JRVs) to open the polls.
This is how the facilities of the Arturo Alberg School Center in San Salvador looked like on the morning of February 28th. Photo: Óscar Iraheta
10:30 h At the National Institute of Commerce (Inco), Salvador had delays in starting the election day and physical distancing was not respected.
Crowds of people in the corridors of the National Institute of Commerce (Inco) were delayed by an hour in opening the polling station. Distancing was not respected. Photo EDH / Óscar Iraheta
10:20 h Former presidential candidate Carlos Calleja arrived at a polling station located on the Hippodrome Boulevard: “Voting is the best tool for democracy.”
Carlos Calleja deposits the ballot papers in his respective box. Photo by Jessica Orellan
10:15 h. Guaymango voters knock down school door for late opening.
10:10 h ARENA MP Norman Quijano cast his vote at the Sacred Heart College polling station.
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10.00 in the morning Candidate for mayor of Sant Miquel for New Ideas Will Salgado and his brother aspiring to re-election to a council for WIN Numan vote in municipal and legislative elections.
The Salgado brothers cast their ballots at a polling station in Sant Miquel. Photo / Jorge Reyes
09:55 This was the atmosphere in the polling station on the Hippodrome Boulevard in San Salvador, where voters waited two hours for it to be enabled.
The voting boards on the Racecourse Boulevard opened with great delay, at approximately 09:00.
9:45 h The voting center on the Hippodrome Boulevard in San Salvador opened to citizens two hours late.
9:30 p.m. Ernesto Sanabria, Press Secretary of the presidency of El Salvador, was reprimanded by the National Civil Police for violating the Electoral Code and trying to take a photograph of his ballot.
Photo video capture
09 am Voters gathered at the Monsignor Romero Vocational Training Center, in Ciutat Arce, La Llibertat.
8:45 p.m. There are no swabs at the Juana López polling station in Ciutat Delgado, so despite the COVID-19 pandemic, citizens have had to access the old method of dipping their finger in the ink. indelible.
A voter dips his finger in the indelible ink in the face of the lack of swabs in the voting center of the Joan López School Center. Photo / Menly Cortez
8:30 p.m.. At least 20 people who were trained to form the JRVs at the Thomas Jefferson polling station in Sonsonate did not receive official credentials to settle.
7:30 p.m. International observers are at the various polling stations.
7:20 am Some citizens were still waiting for the opening of polling stations.
7:15 p.m. Older adults have been the first to go to the polls this February 28th.
7:00 in the morning Most polling stations open their doors to citizens eligible to cast their ballots, some did so with delays.
The School center Alexander de Humboldt, in Ahuachapán, abrió with hour and 20 of delay to which it establishes. Because they do not allow everyone to enter, a clutter has been generated at the entrance. This is mainly caused by those who do not want to respect social distancing. Photo EDH / Cristian Díaz