Loser alleges poll fraud
NZPA-Reuter San Salvador • i [ General Carlos Romero of i (the ruling National Con(ciliation Party has claimed [victory in the El Salvador I [Presidential election. Hisjl [lone opponent, has alleged < [the result was manipulated. |< ; General Romero, a 52- [; [year-old former Defence) [Minister known as a hard-' I line conservative, called a i press conference at his home:; to declare himself President-|i elect for a five-year term. I! ; With about half the bal- j 'lots from the polling on|< Monday counted, the Elec-p (toral Commission said that;! [General Romero had 541,97211
votes and his opponent, Colonel Ernesto Claramount of the National Opposition Union had 255,429. Colonel Claramount called for a mass demonstration by [his supporters to protest against what N.O.U. officials [called “the insolent fraud [perpetrated by the official machine.” He told a press conference [that hundreds of his cam(paign workers had been arIrested by the paramilitary [National Guard, and repeated allegations that the commission had allowed [400,000 fictitious names on [the electoral roll of 1.8 milllion.
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