{"id":13166,"date":"2014-03-17T02:26:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T02:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/el-salvador-ex-rebel-s-presidential-victory\/"},"modified":"2014-03-17T02:26:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T02:26:11","slug":"el-salvador-ex-rebel-s-presidential-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/el-salvador-ex-rebel-s-presidential-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"El Salvador ex-rebel’s Presidential Victory Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{El Salvador’s electoral court has confirmed the victory of former left-wing rebel Salvador Sanchez Ceren in a tight presidential run-off election.}}<\/p>\n

It said Mr Sanchez Ceren won 50.11% of the votes in the 9 March poll, defeating conservative candidate Norman Quijano, who polled 49.89%.<\/p>\n

Mr Quijano had challenged the result, alleging fraud.<\/p>\n

But the court’s decision makes Mr Sanchez Ceren the country’s first ex-rebel to serve as president.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the court said that there was not enough evidence to back Mr Quijano’s claim.<\/p>\n

“Based on the results, Salvador Sanchez Ceren and Oscar Samuel Ortiz are declared president and vice-president elect respectively, for the period from 1 June 2014 to 1 June 2019,” court president Eugenio Chicas was quoted as saying by Reuters.<\/p>\n

The country’s outgoing President Mauricio Funes said he would meet Mr Ceren later on Monday to begin the handover process.<\/p>\n

Mr Sanchez Ceren became vice-president of El Salvador in 2009, while Mr Quijano was the mayor of the capital, San Salvador.<\/p>\n

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