US EditionIs Bukele a Tyrant or a Triumph?
- El Salvador's Legislative Assembly approved constitutional amendments allowing presidents to run for re-election indefinitely and extending term limits to six years, passing with a vote of 57 to 3.
- Nayib Bukele won re-election in 2024 amidst criticisms that it was unconstitutional.
- Critics, including Marcela Villatoro, argue that the amendments threaten democracy by concentrating power and citing risks of corruption.
- Supporters of Bukele view him as a transformational leader who has improved safety in El Salvador, although concerns about long-term effects remain.
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The recent reform approved by the Parliament in El Salvador, which enables the indefinite re-election of President Nayib Bukele, is a clear sign of the way in which democracies are being eroded from within. Today, their collapse does not occur by military coups, but by elected leaders who, protected by their popularity, push reforms that empty the institutions of content, even if they retain their formal facade.
Is Bukele a tyrant or a triumph?
El Salvador’s young and telegenic president, Nayib Bukele, has rewritten the rules. Term limits? Scrapped. Presidential terms? Extended. Runoff elections? Abolished. If all goes according to the script – penned and passed by his party in the legislature – Bukele will remain in power well into the 2030s, if not beyond. A decade ago, such a move might have sparked bipartisan alarm in Washington. Today, reactions are mixed – with many in the growin…
Miami (USA), 4 Aug (EFE).- The Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA Group), which includes the former right-wing presidents of thirteen Ibero-American countries, condemned Monday the recent reform of the Constitution approved in El Salvador, which will allow its current president, Nayib Bukele, to choose a third consecutive term. “Twenty-seven former presidents of the IDEA Group condemn (the) unconstitutional reform that imposes…
Bukele rejected Congress’ decision as the “end of democracy” in El Salvador, noting that the reform has been criticized because it was approved by a “small and poor country”
Tough-on-Crime El Salvador President Bukele Ends Presidential Term Limits
Presidents in El Salvador can now run for re-election as many times as they like, and their term limits will also be one year longer — thanks to a recent […] The post Tough-on-Crime El Salvador President Bukele Ends Presidential Term Limits appeared first on The Western Journal.
Nayib Bukele has waged a brutal crackdown on gangs in a country once known as the "murder capital" of the world, and has managed to significantly improve living standards there. Experts say he may have chosen to consolidate his rule by lifting term limits now, knowing that public support for him would not last forever.
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