The mayor of the capital also assured that he will respect the voter’s decision and that he will do everything on their part to “make a transparent and orderly transition” of the commune.
Mayor Ernesto Muyshondt, who is running for a second term as mayor of San Salvador, has acknowledged defeat in Sunday’s election against New Ideas candidate Mario Durán.
During a press conference broadcast by Facebook Live, he also assured that he will respect the voter’s decision and will do everything possible to “make a transparent and orderly transition from the mayor of San Salvador to the people who will come to govern it. “
However, the current mayor reflected on the recent election process and spoke about the obstacles he says he must overcome.
“In recent months, this has been the worst process in the electoral and democratic history of our country. We are not facing an opponent, but a state campaign, with abrupt and non-discriminatory use of state resources, institutions and not only to promote official candidates, but to persecute, harass and injure those they consider opponents. . Politicians, “Muyshondt said.
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In his farewell speech, he also took a moment to refer to the actions of the Executive: “Today there is no excuse for the Government, today there will be no Legislative Assembly to blame for its failures. Now he will no longer have opposition mayors to block, attack or not pay Fodes. It’s time to prove and give results and not blame or look for culprits, “he said.
According to the tricolor mayor, the attack on his person, his family and as a candidate has been excessive over the months. He also explained that non-payment of Fodes was a strategy so that mayors do not carry out works and affect them politically.
“We fought with our nails, with our teeth, in communities, in the colonies, on the streets without resources against all state apparatuses against all state resources, against criminals who used their public functions, their powers to attack us, to defame us to slander us , to commit crimes against us. And even so we fought it and even so we managed to win in the middle of the city, we won districts 2, 3 and 4 “, he argued.
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Despite the unfavorable times, Muyshondt reaffirmed his commitment to El Salvador. “We will continue to fight for our homeland, our democracy, our people, especially the most vulnerable, our city and all Salvadorans,” he said.
Durán was proclaimed the winner on Monday morning through his Twitter account, where he exchanged his profile information and described himself as “elected mayor of the capital El Salvador”.
Later, his party also supported Durán’s announcement in a social media post.
“@Nuevasideas are back in San Salvador! @Marioduran, mayor!”
Durán’s elections are based on allegations of corruption while accompanying Bukele in his term as mayor of the capital’s commune in 2015-2018. The political opposition also indicated that the government used public resources to campaign for its allies New Ideas and the Great Alliance for National Unity (GANA).