US EditionEl Salvador Congress Approves Unlimited Presidential Terms and Electoral Reform
EL SALVADOR, AUG 1 – The constitutional reforms passed with a 57-3 vote will allow President Nayib Bukele to seek reelection indefinitely and extend terms from five to six years, lawmakers said.
- El Salvador's National Assembly approved constitutional changes on July 31, 2025, allowing indefinite presidential reelection and extending terms to six years.
- Lawmaker Ana Figueroa of Bukele's New Ideas party proposed amendments removing term limits because only the presidency was barred from indefinite reelection.
- The proposals were approved decisively by a supermajority of 57 votes in favor and 3 against, also removing the second-round runoff to align election timing.
- Figueroa emphasized that it is the voters who ultimately determine the duration they want to back any elected official, including the president.
- The changes allow President Nayib Bukele to run indefinitely, potentially consolidating his influence as his current term ends June 1, 2029.
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The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has the green light to seek a third term, following the express approval by the Legislative Assembly - largely dominated by his supporters - of a reform to the Constitution that enables indefinite presidential re-election in El Salvador, which has raised alarms and generated concern in organizations such as WOLA and Human Rights Watch (HRW). Following the changes to the Magna Carta - in force since 198…
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As a matter of urgency, the authoritarian President Nayib Bukele can be re-elected indefinitely in El Salvador. Parliament, in which his party has the absolute majority, has ensured this.
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