President Nayib Bukele seeks third consecutive term in El Salvador
Bukele’s candidacy follows reforms that removed term limits and could keep him in office until 2033, critics said.
- Salvadoran leader Nayib Bukele was nominated by his party to seek a third six-year term in February elections, following a 2025 constitutional reform that eliminated presidential term limits.
- In July 2025, the Legislative Assembly approved a reform permanently eliminating presidential term limits and extending presidential terms from five to six years, clearing the path for indefinite re-election.
- Bukele, 44, enjoys broad popularity for his crackdown on gangs, which has driven crime to historic lows; a recent survey by the Public Opinion Institute at Central American University recorded his approval rating at 87.8%.
- Critics, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, describe the reforms as a blow to democratic alternation, while the ruling party controls the Legislative Assembly and Attorney General's Office.
- Nuevas Ideas published on its website Monday the "winners, according to the total number of votes counted, ranked from highest to lowest" from Sunday's primaries, where Bukele ran as the only contender.
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The ruler, who seeks his third term, argues that re-election does not violate the Constitution, because it was reformed by a legislative supermajority.
El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, defended on Tuesday the indefinite presidential re-election, enabled in the country since July 2025 in a controversial constitutional reform, when he seeks a third term at the head of the Executive. Carolina Jiménez Sandoval, president of the organization Office in Washington for Latin American Affairs (WOLA), questioned the indefinite re-election in ... Continue reading "Nayib Bukele defends indefinite re-…
In El Salvador, the ruling party confirmed the re-candidation of Head of State Bukele in the early presidential election in February.
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, defended the indefinite presidential reelection, incorporated into the constitutional order after the reform approved in 2025, and assured that the change was the result of a democratic process supported by the popular will. The president’s reaction came after Carolina Jiménez Sandoval, president of the Washington Office for Latin American Affairs (WOLA), questioned in social network X the reform that …
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