Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of El Salvador ratified this Saturday the victory of Nayib Bukele, the ruling New Ideas (NI) party in the presidential elections on February 4, which gave the incumbent president 84.6% of electoral support.

The electoral body issued a resolution final protocol for the verification of the elections of President and Vice President El Salvador for the period 2024–2029, during which it approves the election results.

The document, published on Saturday evening on TSE social media and signed by five education magistrates, states that Nuevas Ideas received a total of 2,700,725 votes (84.6%), The left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) received 204,167 (6.40%) and the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (Arena) received 177,881 (5.57%).

Humanist Center Party Nowadaystook part in presidential elections for the first time, received 65,076 (2.04%) Fuerza Solidaria and Fraternidad Patriota Salvadoreña (FPS) registered 23,473 (0.74%) and 19,293 (0.60%) respectively.

6,214,399 citizens were called to the elections on February 4, 3,268,466 people voted, while participation rate 52.60%.

They were counted 15,064 abstentions (0.46%) and 1,760 contested votes (0.05%) according to the Electoral Court

Thus, Bukele becomes the first president of El Salvador to be re-elected. despite the constitutional banas the country emerged from decades of military dictatorship and entered democracy.

OAS mission concerned about ‘delay and lack of uniformity’ in verification

The Election Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) expressed its concerns about “delays and lack of uniformity” in the final review.

“The mission noted the lack of control on the part of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) over the development of this stage, in which, in many cases, decisions remain in the hands of representatives of political parties,” the organization said in a statement. a statement in which he indicated that although members of the tables in which votes are counted have “instructions for carrying out their tasks”, Review processes “are not conducted in a standardized manner.”

According to the EOM/OAS, this is due to “poor” training of people responsible for digitalizationbecause “in most cases” the contents of these instructions are “not known, not taken into account, or not responded to as cases arise,” which “caused delays and significant differences in delivery times.” “.

The mission also noted that “The number of security guards set by the political party was not respected.” and that the New Ideas Party not only “has a significantly larger number of people than the others” but also “at times takes a dominant and intimidating position towards people who represent other parties and towards observers”, a position which the group ” resolutely” rejected.

The EOM therefore called on the authorities to inform “all parties involved in the verification of the role of observers” and asked them to “respect signed agreements that allow their members perform the technical work for which she was invited.”

In the same spirit, the OAS emphasized the “fundamental” role of the TSE in the verification process and demanded that “take control” and guarantee a space of “fairness and transparency” for officials, activists, national and international observers and journalists during the audit, as well as “in connection with the municipal elections that will take place on March 3” so that “what happened in the presidential and legislative elections does not happen again.”

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Journalist Carlos Dada, founder of the digital medium Lighthousesays in Aristegui Live that the re-election of Nayib Bukele as president is a fraud that has been falsified since He fired judges and appointed new ones who rethought the Constitution. so that he could compete in elections, despite the Magna Carta prohibiting successive re-election.

He added that Bukele seeks to destroy democracy, which is why he is moving towards dictatorship. “carries on the shoulders of the vast majority of Salvadorans.”

(according to information from EFE, Europe Press And Aristegui News)