El Salvador Opposition Challenges Bukele Indefinite Reelection
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The president of El Salvador a few days ago took another step in his authoritarian drift. This time with the approval in Congress, dominated by the ruling party (with 57 seats of 60), of a constitutional reform that gives the green light to the indefinite re-election of the president and extends the presidential term from five to six years. The path taken by the Salvadoran ruler follows the path of other autocratic and populist leaders of the re…
Analysis by Juan Carlos López The video is circulating online. Representative Suecy Callejas, first vice president of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, was speaking before the plenary session during the debate in which indefinite reelection was approved on July 31. “There is an official statement from our party. The representatives of the Nueva Ideas legislative bloc have reformed the Constitution today—we have not yet voted on it—but tha…
A few days ago, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved by a large majority reforms to the Constitution, including the indefinite presidential re-election, with a presidential term of 5 to 6 years and the elimination of the second presidential round. In fact, the result of the vote was not surprising, as the reforms were made to the measure of the current Salvadoran president, who, as everyone knows, has a large majority in that functio…
VAMOS Deputy Challenges Constitutionality of El Salvador’s Indefinite Presidencial Re-Election Reform - teleSUR English
Claudia Ortiz, a deputy from the Salvadoran opposition party VAMOS, filed on Friday a constitutional challenge before the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court against a reform that enables indefinite presidential re-election, which was approved and ratified by Congress last week. RELATED: El Salvador Removes Presidential Term Limits, Enabling Bukele to Seek Re-Election “We have filed a constitutional challenge to declare unconstitutional …
They questioned the consistency of going to a Constitutional Chamber that they consider illegitimate. EL SALVADOR.- In the Global Chain of Things As Son program, guest analysts commented on the recent action of Congresswoman Claudia Ortiz, of the Vamos party, who filed on Friday before the Supreme Court of Justice a constitutional complaint against the reforms approved by the Legislative Assembly that enable indefinite presidential re-election. …
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