El Salvador's recent presidential and legislative elections have been marred by irregularities and accusations of not meeting international standards for free and fair elections. The supreme electoral tribunal reported that 70.25% of the votes had been counted from the elections held on February 4. However, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), an organization that has observed every presidential election in El Salvador since 1992, released a statement declaring that the elections did not conform to international norms. Amidst the chaos, a recount was scheduled but faced delays, with opposition parties demanding the legislative election be annulled and redone on March 3, coinciding with municipal elections. Additionally, El Salvador's electoral authority decided to hand count ballots for the country's presidential and legislative assembly elections due to system failures in transmitting votes, and there are still no official results. CISPES expressed dismay over the compromise of El Salvador's electoral system, which had previously been recognized for its transparency and fairness.
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Commissions were set up in El Salvador to begin the recount of the votes of the February 4th presidential and Legislative Elections. https://t.co/zjEgU0XVvs
It is maddening to see journalists reporting as though Sunday’s elections in El Salvador have concluded. These were some of the most questioned & chaotic elections in peacetime! There are no official results yet! And the final count only began last night…
"CISPES is horrified to witness how El Salvador's electoral system, which had previously achieved admirable transparency and fairness, was so easily co-opted, and set up to fail so spectacularly." #Elecciones2024Sv #EleccionesElSalvador2024 https://t.co/FnJmJ6PUK9
El Salvador opposition warns it may ask to nullify congressional election results https://t.co/VlSPlZkoLJ
El Salvador's electoral authority said it would begin to hand count ballots for the country's presidential and legislative assembly elections after reporting there were system failures in transmitting the votes https://t.co/TtTeugPOPm
El Salvador begins hand counting ballots after election irregularities https://t.co/1ooAbeOFET https://t.co/a7FrsEXtz7
Incompetence or fraud? The result is the same: El Salvador’s elections results have been irrevocably compromised.
📢 Based on reports from our accredited international elections observers in #ElSalvador and at voting centers in US cities, CISPES released the following statement to Salvadoran press ➡️ #Elecciones2024Sv #EleccionesElSalvador2024 https://t.co/4pXBcMXOzR
Chaos continues in El Salvador, the recount scheduled to begin this morning has yet to start. Opposition parties are calling for the legislative election to be annulled and redone in March 3, when municipal elections are scheduled to take place
PRESS RELEASE | Accredited International Elections Observers: "The presidential and legislative elections in El Salvador did not and do not conform to international standards for free and fair elections" #Elecciones2024Sv #EleccionesElSalvador2024 https://t.co/rCDIyfAsIH
"The presidential and legislative elections in El Salvador did not and do not conform to international standards for free and fair elections," says @CISPES, who have "observed every presidential election in El Salvador since...1992" #Elecciones2024Sv https://t.co/1EqawBmsRn
#FromTheSouth News Bits | In El Salvador, the supreme electoral tribunal has counted 70.25% of the votes in the presidential elections of February 4. https://t.co/xQ26jjKPNU