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...Democrats appeared certain of a definite majority of seats in the 60member National Assembly. The sweeping show of support gave a badly needed boost to Duarte's reformist government; it also brought fresh hope to his bold but so far frustrated effort to find a negotiated solution to El Salvador's more than five-year-old civil...
...that "President Duarte is pulling his country together and enjoys wide support from the people." On Capitol Hill, the House Foreign Affairs Committee saluted the results by relaxing strings attached to $377.9 million in military and economic aid, $54.5 million less than what the Reagan Administration requested for El Salvador this year. Democrat Michael Barnes of Maryland, a leader in the demand for tough human rights restrictions on aid to El Salvador, termed the election results "a very positive development...
...vote provoked an equally dramatic and unexpected measure of support for Duarte from the 46,000-member Salvadoran armed forces. As ballot boxes began to arrive at election headquarters in the capital of San Salvador, right- wingers led by D'Aubuisson charged that the military had conspired with the Christian Democrats to perpetrate an electoral fraud. The protest stalled official vote counting pending a ruling by the Central Election Council, a three-man body dominated by conservatives. Fears arose that the election might be invalidated...
Mayor Leonard Russell, who voted against the resolution, said he has received "over 200 calls, mostly in opposition" since the City Council voted 5-4 Monday not to cooperate in federal investigations of refugees from Guatemala, EI Salvador and Haiti...
...talk about democracy, but how can you speak about democracy where all you find are children being assassinated and women charred and raped?" added Ramirez, who was tortured and raped by government officers in EI Salvador...