With general elections set to begin at 9 a.m. Now they have a monthly stipend and that’s why they listen to the president.”Ī possible example of Giammattei’s hand in the TSE is an audio of an ex-president of the National Association of Municipalities in which he denounced maneuvering by Giammattei to use the TSE to blackmail a party -Prosperidad Ciudadana- into listing as congressional candidates a number of Giammattei’s pawns. In a February radio interview, former president of Congress and current opposition legislator Mario Taracena said: “the TSE receives monthly cash under the table, and that’s something I’ve never seen in my life. The account that Giammattei has quite literally put cash on the table at the TSE has circulated for months in Guatemala City and Washington, D.C. Another asserts that Alfaro intended for the embassy to keep the money as supposed proof of the bribe, but that the U.S.
One of them, present at the meeting, sets the date as March 22, 2022. “This is something malicious that they’re doing in order to destabilize the elections,” said Martínez.Įl Faro English has received separate confirmation by three sources that the Embassy meeting happened. official and a source present in the meeting, both anonymous. In a Samuel Alito-style move, Martínez tried to head off the article, published Thursday night: “When the investigation comes out, don’t be surprised,” he said. Embassy last year and presented “a cash package” -50,000 quetzales about $6,000 USD- that he allegedly gave her and other magistrates on behalf of President Alejandro Giammattei. On Wednesday Miguel Martínez spoke to journalists about an explosive New York Times report: that Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) magistrate Blanca Alfaro went to the U.S. It was Giammattei’s closest operator who broke the news. Internet sites, including: BBC, Diario CoLatino, EFENews, La Prensa Gráfica, Organization of American States.El Faro is an investigative newsroom that shines a light on corruption in Central America. "Menjívar es la primera alcaldesa en la historia de San Salvador." Additional Sources Consulted "Presidente Saca felicita a próxima alcaldesa de San Salvador." "Violeta Menjívar alcaldesa de San Salvador." Įl Diario de Hoy. "Tribunal electoral confirma resultados de comicios en El Salvador." ĭía a día. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim for refugee protection.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. The elected members of parliament, mayors and municipal councillors will begin their three-year terms on ( AFP 18 Mar.
This is the first time a woman has won that position (ibid.). The mayoralty of San Salvador, the most important in the country, was won by FMLN candidate Violeta Menjívar ( Día a día 16 Mar. The last 10 mayoralties were won by various coalitions (ibid.). The results of the municipal elections, also held on 12 March 2006, are as follows: ARENA, 147 mayoralties FMLN, 52 mayoralties PCN, 3 mayoralties and PDC, 14 mayoralties ( AFP 18 Mar. The results of the elections marked an improvement for the ARENA, which had won 27 seats in 2003 the FMLN won one more seat than it did in 2003 ( El Diario de Hoy n.d.). On Saturday, 18 March 2006, the TSE confirmed that, during the legislative elections, the reigning Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista, ARENA) had won 34 seats the leftist party, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la liberación nacional, FMLN), 32 seats the National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación national, PCN), 10 seats the Christian Democratic Party (Partido demócrata cristiano, PDC) 6 seats and the Democratic Change (Cambio Democrático, CD), 2 seats ( AFP 18 Mar. This percentage corresponds to a total of 1,997,814 voters (ibid. According to data published by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (Tribunal Supremo Electoral, TSE), only 52.56 per cent of the 3,801,040 Salvadorans who were eligible to vote cast ballots on Sunday, 12 March 2006 ( El Diario de Hoy n.d.). On 12 March 2006, Salvadorans went to the polls to elect 84 members to the Legislative Assembly, as well as 262 municipal councillors ( La Voz 16 Mar.
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