Duran becomes the new mayor according to 89.45% of the acts scrutinized. While the current mayor, Ernesto Muyshondt, said the attacks on him were excessive, but that he respected the decision of the voters.
Mario Durán, candidate of New Ideas, becomes the new mayor of San Salvador after defeating his contender Ernesto Muyshondt, of the party ARENA, that aspired to a second period to the front of the commune, according to preliminary data of the count of acts of the Supreme Electoral Court.
For his part, Muyshondt at a press conference held on Monday afternoon thanked those who supported him during his tenure as mayor of San Salvador.
“Over the last few months this has been the most vitiated process in the electoral, democratic history of our country. institutions and not just to promote pro-government candidates, but to persecute, harass, harm those they consider to be their political opponents, ”Muyshondt said.
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The former mayor of San Salvador said the attack on his person, family and as a candidate was excessive during the months. He also explained that the non-payment of the Fodes was a strategy for the mayors not to carry out works and affect politically.
He described the electoral process as a constant violation of “never-before-seen” laws. However, he said he respected the decision of the voters.
“We respect the decision of the town and will do our best to make a transparent and orderly transition from the mayoralty of San Salvador to the people who will come to govern it,” he said.
“We will always continue to fight for our country, our democracy, our people, especially the most vulnerable people, our city and all Salvadorans,” he added.
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In his farewell speech he also took a moment to refer to the actions of the executive: “Today there are no more excuses left to the Government, today it will no longer have a Legislative Assembly to blame for its failures. Now it will no longer have opposing mayoralties to block, attack or not pay the Fucks. The time has come for you to prove and stand out and not blame or look for culprits, “he said.
As of 3 p.m. this Monday, 475 of a total of 531 acts had been processed. Preliminary data from the TSE outlined him as the winner of the capital commune with 89.45 percent of the acts scrutinized.
While the ARENA party has 56,838 votes out of the total number of acts processed.
Duran was proclaimed the winner this Monday morning via his Twitter account, where he changed his profile information and is described as “elected mayor of the Capital of El Salvador.”
Later, his party also supported Duran’s announcement through a social media post.
“The @nuevasideas are back in San Salvador! @Marioduran, Mayor!”, He pointed out.
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On February 28, Durán cast his vote at the Manuel José Arce National Institute in the Model neighborhood of San Salvador, where he arrived accompanied by a group of supporters.
Duran’s election comes amid allegations of alleged acts of corruption while accompanying Bukele in his tenure at the helm of the capital’s commune in the period 2015-2018. The political opposition has also noted that the government has used public resources to campaign for its allies New Ideas and Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA).
A total of 17,074 candidates were elected on February 28 in a day in which he highlighted the crowds and long lines in the polling stations.
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According to data from the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) more than 5.3 million voters were summoned to vote in the 8,451 polling stations of the 1,595 polling stations across the country.
Despite the influx of Salvadorans to the polls, some polling stations recorded the attendance of less than half of their electoral roll, such was the case of JRV in Santa Anna, Apopa and Moncagua.