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EL SALVADOR: FMLN REFORMERS CONTINUE STRUGGLE AGAINST ORTHODOX FACTION FROM OUTSIDE THE PARTY.

Publication: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
Publication Date: 21-FEB-02 		Format: Online - approximately 1012 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Defeated in the battle for leadership of the Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN), the party's reformers (renovadores) find themselves outside the party as six reform deputies explore an alliance with minor parties within the Legislative Assembly.

The FMLN held internal primary elections Nov. 25 that gave the left-wing orthodox faction (Corriente Revolucionaria Socialista, CRS) a firm grip on power. Salvador Sanchez Ceren of the CRS defeated reform candidate Francisco Jovel and two others to become the party's national coordinator. Orthodox leaders now control almost all top posts in the party. Reformers charged at the time of the election that the CRS faction was planning election fraud and demanded an investigation (see NotiCen, 2001-12-06).

At the party convention in December, the CRS and the neutral or tercerista factions monopolized the leadership positions and took control of the ethics tribunal as reformers boycotted.

Report gives credence to fraud charges

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