US EditionEl Salvador's Bukele Open to Staying in Power for 10 More Years
Bukele may extend his presidency after constitutional changes allow a third six-year term, following his popular anti-gang policies that reduced homicides significantly.
- On Dec 29, Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador, said `If it were up to me, I would stay for 10 more years` in a video interview.
- Parliament, dominated by the New Ideas party, pushed through July reforms removing term limits, ending the runoff system, and advancing the next presidential election.
- Bukele's tough anti-gang measures cut homicide rates by 97.7% since 2015, boosting his popularity and securing a re-election majority verified legitimate by the Organization of American States.
- Legal experts in El Salvador and internationally question the legality of Bukele's extended stay, while critics of Bukele allege arbitrary detention, torture, and deaths amid his pledge to leave politics in 2029 with Bukele's wife.
- With the gang problem increasingly close to a complete resolution, Bukele has focused in the past year on consolidating power, while the recently passed Foreign Agents Law threatens press freedom, international observers warn.
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In an interview with Spanish youtuber David Cánovas Martínez, the president of El Salvador Nayib Bukele confessed his wish...
Best-Rated Head of State on Earth, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele Floats ‘Staying in Power for Another Decade’
Nayib Bukele/ Wiki Commons. If not for a family promise, Bukele could rule for years on end. Based on reported domestic approval ratings, Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador, consistently tops broader global lists with approval ratings in the 85-91% range throughout 2025. He even outperforms well-rated leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. Having come to power in 2019, Bukele is serving his …
“I wouldn’t like to leave right now, but let’s see what God, my family and the country say,” the Salvadoran president said.
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The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele , said in an interview published this Monday with the Spanish 'youtuber' David Cánovas Martínez, known as 'The Grefg', that he would like to continue ruling the Central American country for "ten more years", although he clarified that it is only a wish . «I would not like to leave right now, but let's see what God, my family and the country say, (...) but if it were for me, I follow ten more years», sai…
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