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Berger Early Leader In Guatemala Presidential Race

May 30, 2003

(CPOD) May 30, 2003 - Óscar Berger is the clear frontrunner in Guatemala's presidential race, according to a poll by Vox Latina. 39.4 per cent of respondents would vote for Berger, candidate for the conservative Grand National Alliance (GANA).

Berger ran for office in 1999, losing to current president Alfonso Portillo in a run-off. Álvaro Colom of the leftist National Union of Hope (UNE) and former president Efraín Ríos Montt of the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) are below 10 per cent. Guatemalans will elect their new president on Nov. 9.

Ríos Montt's proposed nomination by the ruling FRG has created a stir. The constitution forbids people who participated in a coup d'etat to be presidential candidates. Ríos Montt seized power in 1982, toppling the government of Fernando Lucas García.

Polling Data

Which of these presidential candidates would you vote for?

Óscar Berger (GANA)

39.4%

Álvaro Colom (UNE)

9.4%

Efraín Ríos Montt (FRG)

3.8%

Ricardo Bueso -
Guatemalan Christian Democracy (DCG)

2.0%

Fritz García Gallont -
Unionist Party (PU)

1.9%

Rodrigo Asturias -
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG)

0.3%

Undecided

32.8%


Do you accept the proposed nomination of Efraín Ríos Montt?

Yes

17.8%

No

78.8%


Source: Vox Latina
Methodology: Interviews to 1,200 Guatemalan adults, conducted from May 6 to May 11, 2003. Margin of error is 5 per cent.

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