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He President of El Salvador, Naib Bukelewas invested this Saturday by Congress for a second consecutive term as President for the period 2024-2029, despite the constitutional banwith widespread
He President of El Salvador, Naib Bukelewas invested this Saturday by Congress for a second consecutive term as President for the period 2024-2029, despite the constitutional banwith widespread public support and complaints about the economic situation in the country.
“Yes I swear”Bukele reacted to the swearing-in of Legislative Assembly leader Ernesto Castro, who You The presidential sash was placed on the premises of the century-old National Palace.
The event was private, with no public access, broadcast on a national network and included only King Felipe VI of Spain; President of Argentina, Javier Miley; other leaders, family and close friends of Bukele.
Outside, in the Plaza Captain General Gerardo Barrios, hundreds of peopleamong special guests from different sectors of the country and the world, supporters of Bukele and the ruling party Nuevas Ideas (NI), they were waiting for his speech.
Thus, Bukele becomes first president of El Salvador’s democratic stage to take office for a second consecutive termafter decades of military dictatorship and a 12-year civil war (1980-1992).
Various political and social figures in El Salvador They said they did not recognize the legality and legitimacy of Bukele’s second term. for violation of the Magna Carta.
The investment ceremony was also attended by President of Honduras Xiomara Castro; their colleagues from Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chavez; from Paraguay, Santiago Penaand from Ecuador, Daniel Noboaand prime minister Belize, John Briceño.
In addition, a delegation from the US Department of Homeland Security was present at the event. Joe Biden government officeheaded by Alejandro Mayorkas.
Moments before the investiture, the Congress, with an overwhelming pro-government majority, began an extraordinary plenary session in the premises of the National Theater, and then moved it to the National Palace.
Bukele, who will soon turn 43, is an advertising businessman. won the election on February 4 with more than 85% of the valid votes. Although The constitution prohibits immediate re-election.
His participation in these elections occurred after The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court, elected by the 2021-2024 legislature without following the established legal procedure, issued an act that changed the criteria for interpreting the Constitution.
Thanks to the resolution, which experts say has no general implications and is not binding because it is not a regulation, Bukele did not have to wait 10 years to seek re-election.
He The last president of El Salvador to be re-elected to a second consecutive term was dictator and general Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez.who ruled between 1931 and 1944 and left power after a general strike.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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