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Weekly Report - 01 April 2015 (WR-15-13)
EL SALVADOR: Slow electoral count ends in stalemate
El Salvador faces three years of stalemate after the official results from the legislative elections were finally published by the supreme electoral tribunal (TSE) on 27 March almost a month after voters cast their ballots. Neither the ruling left-wing Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) nor the main right-wing opposition Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (Arena) will be able to gain a majority in the 84-seat legislative assembly even with the support of allies. The results were a setback for President Salvador Sánchez Cerén and will complicate his plan to ease through legislation increasing social investment and driving development. It was also honours even in the simultaneous municipal elections: Arena won more municipalities, but the FMLN won the more populous ones.
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