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| | December 2008
1. Check out the new video and join CISPES in El Salvador for the March 2009 elections! Watch the new video “Unidos por el Cambio” previewing the elections in El Salvador and highlighting the upcoming CISPES delegation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
And, now’s the time to sign up to join CISPES in observing the elections from March 9-19, 2009! Recent polls in El Salvador show that the leftist FMLN party is 14 points ahead over the right-wing presidential candidate from the ruling party. You too can support free and fair elections and learn about the current situation in El Salvador by joining the CISPES delegation - the new deadline for applications is January 15, 2009.
2. Letters from Academics and Congressional Representatives regarding upcoming elections in El Salvador
· Release: North American academics call for free and fair elections in El Salvador
A group of 150 scholars from universities and colleges in the United States and Canada have released an open letter calling on the U.S. and Salvadoran governments to ensure that El Salvador's upcoming elections are free of fraud, foreign intervention, and electoral violence. Read more...
· Congresistas de EUA piden vigilar elecciones en El Salvador
50 U.S. Congressional Representatives released a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week calling for transparency in the Salvadoran elections process and raising concerns about political violence and fraud. Download the entire letter here…
3. International election observers underscore high stakes and potential for fraud in 2009 elections CISPES Electoral Update - December 18, 2008
The first week of December saw Electoral Observation Missions from the Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union (EU) arrive in El Salvador. Both organizations stated that their missions would work with impartiality and transparency to strengthen the democratic process in El Salvador. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), the government body that oversees elections in the country, invited both missions. TSE magistrate Eugenio Chicas of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party pointed out that the arrival of so many international observers highlights two realities: the electoral process “still has many irregularities,” and the left is poised to win the presidency, generating international interest in the elections.
The FMLN has welcomed the presence of international observers, including the OAS and EU, but maintains that many of the electoral reforms passed last year by the TSE—which is dominated by right-wing magistrates—and the TSE’s refusal to make the voter registry available to all parties have opened up the process to the possibility of fraud. FMLN presidential candidate Mauricio Funes, who leads by as much as 16 points in recent polls over the governing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), has met with OAS leadership to discuss his concerns about electoral fraud.
Read the rest of this update including: · Women’s Association of Tecoluca denounce ARENA for Political Violence · Fuerza Solidaria and its “dirty” fear campaign · 2007 Salvadoran Census and the extra 500,000 voters that no one can explain
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