US EditionHow Nayib Bukele Consolidated Total Power in El Salvador
EL SALVADOR, AUG 3 – El Salvador's legislature swiftly passed changes extending presidential terms to six years and removing runoffs, enabling President Nayib Bukele to seek indefinite reelection, with 57 lawmakers supporting the law.
- Thursday, the National Assembly controlled by Bukele’s New Ideas party fast-tracked constitutional reforms, abolishing presidential term limits and raising the term from five years.
- By last year, Supreme Court judges appointed by Bukele’s party reinterpreted the Constitution to clear the way for his reelection, and allies in the National Assembly removed Supreme Court judges and the attorney general last year to install loyalists.
- In a swift session, 50 lawmakers voted in favor and 3 opposed, bypassing committee review, with only three hours elapsed since introduction.
- In El Salvador, reactions were muted with no protests reported, and many focused on vacations while human rights groups report critics and journalists fleeing.
- With his control solidified, the U.S. largely remained silent, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio not responding to requests for comment.
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By a large majority, the Congress of El Salvador approved last Thursday a drastic constitutional reform that allows indefinite presidential reelection. Immediately, human rights groups and international organizations considered the decision as a “fatal coup” to democracy and a “manipulation” to the Constitution to favor the ambitions of power of President Nayib Bukele. The reform extends the presidential period from five to six years and elimina…
El Salvador's Congress approved constitutional reforms that will allow for the indefinite reelection of President Nayib Bukele, as well as the extension of the presidential term from five to six years. The measure, supported by the ruling party majority, has sparked strong criticism from the opposition and international organizations, which consider it a step toward authoritarianism. PoliceSun, 08/03/2025 – 14:46HORROR IN PASCO! Jealous man beat…
SAN SALVADOR.- The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, defended the reforms to the Constitution approved by the Congress controlled by his party, New Ideas, which removes the limits to the presidential mandates and would allow it to remain in power indefinitely.In a message written in English and published in X at midnight on Saturday, Bukele, an ex-publicist very active on social networks, reacted by saying that “90% of developed countries …
El Salvador joins the list of countries with authoritarian regimes by reforming its Constitution to allow indefinite re-election, according to Noah Bullock, director of the Christosal organization.
President Nayib Bukele defended the reforms to the Constitution of the Republic approved by the Congress controlled by the New Ideas party, which removes the limits to presidential mandates and would allow it to remain in power indefinitely. On a marathon day, Congress approved and ratified reforms to five articles of the Constitution in order to endorse unlimited presidential re-election, extend the presidential period from five to six years, e…
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