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Salvadoran polls favor Duarte
From AP and UPI
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Jose
Napoleon Duarte claimed victory
yesterday in El Salvador's presidential
election and vowed to halt rightist
death squads, but his far-right op-
ponent, Roberto d'Aubuisson, refused
to concede.
It was clear, however, that Duarte
had failed to obtain the clear mandate
he had sought to deal with both the right
and left and bring an end to the civil
war.
THE CHRISTIAN Democrats said
that with about 90 percent of their unof-
ficial tabulation complete, Duarte had
55.08 percent of the vote to 44.92 percent
for d'Aubuisson.
No official count was released by the
Central Election Council, but initial
estimates indicated about 1.6 million of
the 1.8 million eligible voters cast
ballots Sunday despite harassing at-
tacks by left-wing guerrillas.
Christian Democrats had confidently
predicted before the balloting that
Duarte would capture 60 percent of the
votes.
DUARTE reflected his disappoin-
tment at the shortfall, telling a midday
news conference that d'Aubuisson's
party, the Republican Nationalist
Alliance, "has an immense respon-
sibility to accept the will of the people."
"We have won this election," Duarte
declared to hundreds of cheering mem-
bers of the moderate Christian
Democratic Party at a victory
celebration.
"We have absolute assurance we
have won. All the data are in on our
computer," said Duarte who would be
the first freely elected Salvadoran
president in 50 years, during which
time the military dominated all
political life.
HE SAID final figures would show he
won the runoff election Sunday with 54
percent of the vote.
Duarte said his first order of business
would be to put an end to El Salvador's
notorious rightwing death squads,
which investigators say have close ties
to the military establishment.
"We will confront the most important
problems of violence . . . the death
squads, the abuse of authority, the
culture of violence," Duarte said.
D'AUBUISSON, at a morning news
conference, said that although Duarte
had a lead, the race was not over and he
would await the official returns.
"We are still not disposed to accept
what Duarte says until there is a fin-
ding of the National Election Council,"
he told a news conference.
D'Aubuisson also said he would not
stir up violence if he lost and would
work through a right-wing political
coalition.
In any case, the outcome will be so
close that the winning party will be
obliged to accept the other as a political
force that could not be ignored, he ad-
ded.
Eligible citizens are required by law
to vote, but officials said there were no
plans to identify those who did not cast
ballots. Government identity cards are
stamped when people vote, and there
was a strong campaign stressing the
"patriotic duty" to participate.
China to issue ID cards to
cut crime, control citizens
PEKING (AP) - China, a closed THE NEWSPAPER said one object
society in which permission is required of this 'major reform is to smash
to marry or move to a new home, is in- serious crime. .
creasing control a step further: All Aothermye o obtainaple
citizens over 16 are to be issued identity working age, diplomatic observers
cards. said
The State Council decree, announced Cards will be issued this year to
yesterday in the Communist Party Peking's 9 million residents. People in
People's Daily, affects more than 600 other cities and peasants in the coun-
million people in the world's most tryside will get them later, the announ-
populous country. cement said.
Duarte victory to
bring more U.S. aid
From AP and UPI administration's Central American
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - The policies, said he questioned whether the
election of moderate Jose Napoleon election "will fundamentally alter El
Duarte to the Salvadoran presidency Salvador's traditional power structure,
should clear the way' to more or will the Army, the security forces,
congressional support for military aid and the economic elite continue to con-
to El Salvador. trol the real power?
Although no official vote count is in "He 'must have the support of the
computerized returns compiled by Salvadoran military and the Reagan
Duarte's Christian Democratic party administration. Without that support,
show him the victor with 54 percent of the encouraging result of this election
the vote with returns in from over 90 will prove no more meaningful than all
percent of ballot boxes. of the other elections in El Salvador's
SEN. PETE Wilson (R-Calif.), one of tragic political history."
23 prominent Americans who formed The U.S. Congress has frequently
the official U.S. observer delegation to balked at approving the military aid
Sunday's election, said Duarte stressed requests Reagan has sought for El
to the congressmen his government Salvador and has consistently put
would need more military aid. restraints on the aid in hopes of im-
"President-elect Duarte told this proving the human rights conditions in
group on the eve of the election, the the Central American country.
solution is political, economic, and Early this year, the Reagan ad-
social, but there has to be a supression ministration submitted a request for
of terrorism before any of the other $243 million in military aid for 1984 and
goals can be achieved," Wilson said. $256 million for 1985.
Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), a In the face of congressional protests,
member of the Senate Foreign Reagan reduced the request to $64
Relations Committee and a critic of the million.
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