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El Salvador scraps presidential term limits - Latin America Reports
El Salvador’s congress on Thursday approved constitutional reforms to scrap presidential term limits. The 60-seat congress, which comprises 54 members of president Nayib Bukele’s New Ideas party, voted to allow indefinite presidential reelection, to extend presidential terms to six years, and to eliminate second-round run-off votes. The constitutional reforms, which were voted upon under an expedited procedure, were approved 57 to 3, putting B…
In his homily, Escobar Alas also called on the international community to stop the persecution of Salvadoran migrants in the United States. EL SALVADOR.- During the Mass in honor of the Divine Savior of the World, held this Wednesday in the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador, Monsignor José Luis Escobar Alas asked the Legislative Assembly to reconsider the recent reforms to the Constitution of the Republic. “For the legitimacy of a constitut…
"The EU takes note of the constitutional reforms approved by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on August 1, 2025, which allow for indefinite presidential re-election," said an EU spokesperson in response to Europe Press.
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