Tension in Esperanza as both claim victory

[NewsWhore]

The town of Esperanza in Valverde (Mao) province is going through some tense moments as both the PRD and PLD claim victory in the mayor's race. According to Hoy newspaper, Cesar Dominguez and his fellow PRD supporters are accusing the head of the local election board, Mario de Leon, of refusing to recount the votes. Meanwhile, the current mayor (and possibly the re-elected mayor) Nao Mena is holding court and celebrating his "victory" even before the local election board has counted the last of the ballot boxes and issued its last bulletin. Amidst shots fired in the air and some pushing and shoving, PRD president Miguel Vargas Maldonado paid a personal visit to local PRD leader Jose Valenzuela to help find a solution to the conflict.

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