March 21, 2014
Highlights from the El Salvador 2014 Elections Blog: The Runoff
News
The following are selections from the El Salvador 2014 Elections Blog: News and International Observer Reports from El Salvador’s 2014 Presidential Election. For previously posted and ongoing elections coverage, visit the blog here.
- "Workers Denounce Voter Coercion" - Factory workers denounce voter coercion for ARENA in the workplace
- "Quijano Calls Fraud, Says ARENA is Prepared for War" - Before election results are fully processed, Quijano has called fraud, says party “prepared for war” if he is not named winner
- "TSE President Assures Recount is Legally Unwarranted" - Eugenio Chicas, president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, says ARENA’s calls for a vote-by-vote recount are not substantiated by the Electoral Code
- "Preliminary Observer Report" - CISPES’ preliminary statements following the March 9th election
- "United Nations Calls on All Parties to Respect the Vote Count" - The UN congratulates El Salvador on its free and fair elections, calls on both parties to respect the results
- "Jesuit University of Central America Response to ARENA's Destabilization Attempts" -The Central American University issues a sharp statement regarding ARENA’s destabilization tactics
- "TSE Formally Announces Sánchez Cerén as El Salvador's President-elect, ARENA Will Continue to Contest Results" - TSE formally announces FMLN win, ARENA vows to continue to dispute its loss
- "Mass Media a Key Ally in ARENA Destabilization Campaign" – El Salvador’s conservative commercial media’s role in validating ARENA’s attacks on the country’s democratic institutions
- “President and President-elect Begin Transition, FMLN Announces New Ministries” – The Funes-Sánchez Cerén transition team already working hard, announces the creation of new ministries for the incoming FMLN administration