Nearly seven out of 10 Salvadorans support President Naib Bukele seeks re-election in the February 2024 presidential election despite constitutional bans, according to a poll released Tuesday by a local newspaper.

Research conducted Printed pressin which they interviewed 1,500 people between February 15 and 24, indicates that 68.3% of respondents have a positive attitude towards re-election, compared to 13.1% who were against.

Bukele announced last September his intention to seek immediate re-election in next year’s elections, despite the fact that several articles of the Salvadoran Magna Carta forbid it.

However, the controversial and popular ruler gained the right to seek an extension of his mandate, which began in mid-2019, thanks to the fact that in 2021 the magistrates of the country’s highest court, appointed by pro-government deputies, allowed to be re-elected in a controversial decision which has been called into question by the United States.

“The Salvadorans are still divided over whether the country’s constitution allows for the immediate re-election of the President of the Republic,” he said. print press, one of the most important newspapers in El Salvador.

“However, there are citizens who are convinced that Constitution does not allow for immediate re-electionbut even so, they will vote for Nayib Bukele,” he added.