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Salvadoran President Naib Bukele was chosen by his party on Sunday as a candidate in the early 2024 presidential election, another step towards the young leader’s controversial goal
Salvadoran President Naib Bukele was chosen by his party on Sunday as a candidate in the early 2024 presidential election, another step towards the young leader’s controversial goal of extending his term, which began in 2019.
Bukele announced in September that I would seek re-election despite the fact that the Constitution forbids consecutive terms. In 2021, the nation’s highest court, whose members are appointed by the government-controlled Congress, ruled that Bukele may be tempted to re-electiona decision that drew international condemnation, including from the United States.
The president, who, according to recent polls, has more than 70% of the vote, and his current vice president, Felix Ulloa, have not yet officially registered as candidates in the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). The binomial was the only option for the New Ideas party during the internal elections.
Salvadorans will go to the polls on February 4 to elect a president and vice president for the period 2024-2029 and deputies until 2027. A month later, they will vote for mayors and members of the Central American Parliament (Parlasen) after controversial reforms that reduced the number of deputies and municipalities in the country.
Bukele, a 41-year-old businessman-turned-politician, became El Salvador’s president in June 2019 after winning the same year’s presidential election and ending a 30-year bipartisan struggle between the right-wing ARENA and the left-wing FMLN.
His “war” with gangs in El Salvador brought the president unprecedented popularity, despite the fact that was indicated various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for alleged human rights violations and for negotiating privileges with criminals.
The president vehemently denied the accusations, but such behavior was not unusual in El Salvador. In May, former President Mauricio Funes was sentenced to 14 years in prison for negotiating with gangs. (Reuters).
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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