US EditionEl Salvador Congress Approves Unlimited Presidential Terms and Electoral Reform
- 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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El Salvador Removes Presidential Term Limits, Enabling Bukele To Seek Re-Election
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly, dominated by President Nayib Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas (NI) political party, ratified on Thursday a fast-track constitutional reform allowing indefinite presidential reelection. The ratification received three votes against—the only votes held by the opposition—and no deputies spoke before or after the vote. The approval of indefinite presidential reelection by the Salvadoran Congress marks a turning point in the …
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, was already empowered to re-elect himself indefinitely. Congress, under his control, paved the way for him with a constitutional reform that consolidates his total power. His critics see him as a deadly blow to democracy; his followers, necessary in order not to return to the terror of the gangs. Five keys to understanding how the self-proclaimed “cool dictator” got here: 1. Hartazgo Bukele is an expre…
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 President, Nayib Bukele, defended the indefinite presidential reelection approved in the country last Thursday.
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.
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