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Colom Aims for Presidency in Guatemala
(Angus Reid Global Scan) - Álvaro Colom has become the early leader in Guatemala's presidential race, according to a poll by CID-Gallup published in El Periódico. 35 per cent of respondents would vote for the member of the leftist National Union of Hope (UNE) in the next election.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchú is second with eight per cent, followed by former head of state Efraín Ríos Montt of the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) and Luis Flores Asturias of the National Advancement Party (PAN) with seven per cent each.
Support is lower for Otto Pérez of the Patriot Party (PP), Fritz García Gallont of the Unionist Party (PU), Eduardo González of GANA, and indigenous leader Rigoberto Quemé.
Óscar Berger won the December 2003 presidential election as the candidate for the conservative Grand National Alliance (GANA), winning a run-off over Colom with 54.13 per cent of all cast ballots.
The next presidential election is scheduled for November 2007. Berger is constitutionally barred from seeking a new term in office.
Polling Data
Who would you vote for if the presidential election took place today_
Álvaro Colom (UNE) | 35% |
Rigoberta Menchú | 8% |
Efraín Ríos Montt (FRG) | 7% |
Luis Flores Asturias (PAN) | 7% |
Otto Pérez (PP) | 4% |
Fritz García Gallont (PU) | 1.7% |
Eduardo González (GANA) | 1.8% |
Rigoberto Quemé | 0.8% |
None | 23% |
Not sure | 12% |
Source: CID-Gallup / El Periódico
Methodology: Interviews to 1,200 Guatemalan adults, conducted from Apr. 3 to Apr. 12, 2006. Margin of error is 2.8 per cent.