That’s what politicians voted for this morning

Candidates from the various conflicting political parties arrived at their respective polling stations in the morning and agreed that the problems at the beginning of the day had already been overcome, so they called on the people to approach the polls with confidence, as they considered both biosecurity measures, as well as the rules are applied correctly in the voting process.

Deputy Margarita Escobar, who is requesting re-election by ARENA, voted in the EC Concha Viuda de Escalón, but at the time of the vote they tore the corner of one of the ballots, for which it had to be canceled and gave her another vote.

Beyond the incident, Escobar said that “the morning obstacles have already been overcome, do not be afraid, there are all biosecurity measures, this is our democracy.”

The Vice President of the Republic, Félix Ulloa, voted in the center located in the Motocross residential district and expressed that “there is enough citizen presence, national observers and party representatives, in this center everything goes normally, as we have seen in other electoral processes. Many complaints were received, at the beginning of the JRV installation and at the opening of the centers, there was a long delay. But at 10 in the morning, those incidents were largely overcome. “

Nidia Díaz, FMLN candidate, voted in INFRAMEN and said that she was at that place at 5 in the morning, for which she described what happened in that polling station.

“The members of the polling station entered without major problems, except that they wanted to change the rule, from the New Ideas party, of entering more representatives of the coalition at the polling stations and this cannot be done, because the law is clear that is one on the coalition. So they put pressure on the atmosphere here and there a bit of arrogance, insults, so vague, but from here everything is normal “, he described what happened in different polling stations in different parts of the country.

Díaz noted that this is the 29th. electoral process that has taken place in the country since the signing of the peace agreement in 1992 and explained that “it is very important that people become more aware, more motivated when they vote, than the country’s electoral political system, in the best moments of other parties do not give hope that 60, 70 deputies were created, but rather it is a system of residues, reports that also represent minorities. So, the calculations cannot come out exactly as they created an expectation through opinion polls, polls, because the electoral arithmetic and the way the system does not allow it ”.

The deputy explained that “for example, the maximum peak that the Front could have had 35 (deputies), having over 1,500,000 (votes) in the presidential elections. Likewise in ARENA, which are the biggest games, it had 39 in 94, and from there it was always less than 50% plus 1 “, he analyzed, in connection with the way the next one could be formed. meeting in 2021-2024. “So if you create expectations for people and say, ‘Turn around, defend the vote they want to steal,’ imagine ghosts, because the country’s electoral political system is quite proven.”

Yanci Urbina, in turn, a candidate for deputy for FMLN in San Salvador, commented that “at 9 in the morning, in San Salvador, as FMLN we have a report that tells us that most of the voting centers in the department have started and are in attention to the public, and the population has already started to vote ”.

Regarding what happened this morning by some representatives of Nuevas Ideas, he said that “they resorted to aggression, to try to impose themselves by force and to enter the polling stations. It took a break in some centers, in some cases we delayed the start of operations, but these are separate situations, because these practices of political violence have been rejected in the centers ”.

Roberto D’Aubuisson, who is seeking re-election as mayor of Santa Tecla by ARENA, stressed that “we see that the votes are taking place in a safe and calm manner, always with the biosecurity measures we need to maintain due to COVID-19. I see a massive vote, which fills us with peace and joy. It is fluid and calm. My expectation is that we will win, the data shows us a sure victory “.

Carlos Calleja casts the ballots in that box. Photographs by Jessica Orellana

In the morning session, Norman Quijano, PARLACEN candidate for ARENA, also voted at the Colegio Sagrado Corazón; as well as the former candidate for the presidency of the Republic by this political institute, Carlos Calleja, in Bulevar del Hipódromo.

Mario Ponce, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Member of Parliament for the PCN, rejected allegations of fraud by government officials, GANA and Nuevas Ideas and commented that “fraud has already been committed, during this election period, with the purchase of wills through Salvadoran taxes. ”; and warned that “we will monitor this process section by section, second by second, and the result will not be different from the will submitted by the voter in that ballot box, which EST will give between 9 and 11 o’clock at night.”

Will Salgado, who is trying to win back San Miguel City Hall with the New Ideas-GANA coalition, voted at the Aminta Montiel school in the eastern city, as did his brother Numan Salgado, a GANA deputy.

The Salgado brothers voted at a polling station in San Miguel. Photo / Jorge Reyes

The candidate for mayor of Migueleno regretted, around 9:30, that “there are still centers that have not been opened to vote in San Miguel. I anticipated this, a friend used to say that if I open late, they can close late, but they won’t. No matter how animated and noisy they become, the outraged people will go to the polls. “

Regarding his chances of success, Salgado commented that “My expectations are very high, out of every 10 people I met, eight told me they were going to vote for me. We will win by more than 50% in this election. I am one hundred percent sure that I will regain the mayor’s office and it will not be by a small margin “.