According to Brentwood's Chief Winning, the announcement of the corruption accusations did not help.
The corruption accusations surfaced six weeks after Mr. Balaguer left office.
The seeming lack of concern for the corruption accusations, analysts say, reflects both deep cynicism and longstanding ethnic divisions.
In August 2004, he was arrested on corruption accusations.
The numbers scandal has erupted as the Workers' Party is facing other potentially damaging corruption accusations.
There also seemed to be a new appreciation of the cost of corruption accusations.
Mercedes is the latest German carmaker to be soiled by corruption accusations.
The case contains some of the most stunning corruption accusations in the department's history.
Collor's administration was paralyzed by the fast deterioration of his image, through a succession of corruption accusations.
He was the Ghana national team's goalkeeping coach before being asked to step down following corruption accusations in July 2007.