[NYTr] Guatemala Run-off Finalists Make Final Push for Votes
 
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 16:22:37 -0500 (CDT)

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Guatemala Candidates Make Final Push for Votes

Guatemala, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) The two candidates competing for the
Guatemalan presidency closed their campaign in the capital Thursday, to
concentrate on the country s interior before the November 4 elections.
# Observers Call to Respect Election Results in Guatemala

National Unity of Hope (UNE) candidate Alvaro Colom, whose government
plan is based on social programs and generation of employment, carried
out a walk and a meeting in which he called for people to vote next
Sunday with maturity and reflection.

Meanwhile, his rival Otto Perez Molina, from the Patriotic Party (PP),
whose slogan is a "firm hand" to fight insecurity, closed his campaign
with an act in the Bethania community, west of Guatemala city.

On Friday, both aspirants should stop all propaganda activity, and
publication of vote intention surveys and media propaganda in the
national territory will be prohibited.

From Saturday to Monday at 6:00 am, the country will ban the sale and
consumption of alcoholic drinks in public places.

About 5,900 people are called to vote next Sunday, to elect the
country"s president, who will rule in the 2008-2012 period.

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Observers Call to Respect Election Results in Guatemala

Guatemala, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) International Observers called the
leaders of the Patriota (PP) and Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE)
parties to respect the results of the second round of elections in
Guatemala on November 4.

In a joint communiquC) published in this capital, the missions of
observers from the European Union (EU) and the Organization of American
States (OAS) reminded the leader of the two parties of the agreement
they signed on September 3.

In the accord, the PP and the UNE, as well as the other parties that
participated in the first round of elections, committed themselves to
accepting the results issued by the Supreme Election Court (TSE), as
the only valid results.

The EU and OAS delegations said they expect the elections will be held
peacefully throughout the country, and called the people to cast their
vote en masse and make a decision on Guatemala's near future.

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