The recent presidential elections in El Salvador were not easy “festival of democracy” can be defined as “festival of violations decorated in unconstitutional re-election“, they agreed in an interview for Aristegui Live journalist Carlos Dada and political scientist Daniel Zovatto.

With his participation Carlos Dada, founder of the digital environment Lighthouse, highlighted the contradiction hold elections in emergency modewhere citizens have lost their basic rights and which continues for two years without stopping.

In addition, he noted that during the official count of votes, which began yesterday evening, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal It was discovered that there were more votes than voters.

“The President had 20% of the protocols, and they realized that The projection was absurd There were more votes than voters,” he said, while He criticized the delay in providing official results. Well, as of Monday morning they had not yet been made public.

“What we saw was a president who he achieved his re-election through unconstitutional meansl, violating the Constitution itself in the electoral process no guarantees, said.

He added that another violation in the electoral process was “self-proclamation” of President Nayib Bukele as the winner of Sunday night’s election, although official numbers were not available.

This action, Zovatto said, undermines the integrity of the electoral process and trust in democratic institutions From El Salvador.

In the same spirit, Dada noted that Bukele’s re-election is a ‘fraud’ which he began to prepare before the elections, and also used all the institutions of the state to position Bukele, violating the Electoral Law.

“This fraud has been going on since dealt a blow to the judiciary since five judges of the Constitutional Court were unconstitutionally dismissed and five more were appointed “that they give a new interpretation of the Constitution, which expressly prohibits re-election”, he emphasized.

In addition, Daniel Zovatto warned about the danger posed by the Bukele government model, which, in the name of popularity and efficiencyundermines the rule of law, human rights and democracy.

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In addition, he warned about the spread of this authoritarian model to other countries, pointing to the complicit silence of some governments in the face of democratic violations in El Salvador and the emergence of politicians seeking to emulate their style of governance.

Finally, Dada considered that the future in the country “this is a dictatorship” while for Zovatto there will be a one-party authoritarian regime.

“What is new is the phenomenon a president who is heading towards dictatorship, loaded shoulders of the vast majority of Salvadorans,” the journalist concluded.

The full interview can be viewed here: