Following the announcement of his presidential aspirations, he was politically battled by both the ruling FMLN party on the political left, and ARENA on the right as they blocked any attempts for him to found his own political party and politically cancelled any party that he has attempted to use for his candidacy.
Menyusul pengumuman aspirasi presidennya, ia secara politisi diperjuangkan oleh partai yang berkuasa berhaluan kiri FMLN, dan ARENA partai yang berhaluan kanan ketika mereka memblokir segala upaya baginya untuk menemukan partai politiknya sendiri dan secara politik membatalkan partai apapun yang dia upayakan untuk digunakan dalam pencalonannya.