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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 07 July 2017
EL SALVADOR: Main opposition in electoral spotlight
It has been an eye-catching week for El Salvador’s main opposition, the right-wing Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (Arena). Two millionaire businessmen in the space of two days announced their attention to run for president for a rejuvenated Arena in 2019. But this was overshadowed by the decision by two Arena deputies, Johnny Wright Sol and Juan Valiente, to withdraw from internal elections later this month to select candidates for legislative elections in March 2018. Their reason? The national executive committee (Coena) was handpicking candidates, “destroying hopes of renewal” through autocratic “past practices”.
