Edited sentence: After several losses, it is clear Schafik does not have the people's support; Santa Tecla mayor, Oscar Ortiz, has much more popular appeal, especially amongst non-alligned, business oriented voters, yet Schafik was successful in dismissing his candidacy in favor of another, failed, personal attempt at winning the presidency.Handal, although claiming to have the people's interests at heart, appears to be more interested in personal power than in the success of the Left.Just as his Nicaraguan counter-part, Ortega, Schafik keeps blocking fair primaries within the FMLN, thus postulating himself as sole presidential candidate