By NNN-PRENSA LATINA
San Salvador : Salvadorian electoral authorities confirmed on Sunday the country would hold the 2009 presidential elections separately from the municipal and legislative elections.
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) said the possible date to be January 18, 2009 for the municipal and legislative elections, and March 15 for the presidential elections.
However, the magistrates who are members of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, and one of the court, were in favour of general elections.
The front insists on holding general elections and implementation of the residential vote all over the country, or failing that, in the most populated municipalities to fight absenteeism to the polls.
The TSE agreed to extend that vote, but only from 7 to 17 of the 262 municipalities of the national territory.