EL SALVADOR TO ALLOW INDEFINITE PRESIDENTIAL RE-ELECTION – The amendments would also extend terms from five years to six and scrap run-offs
El Salvador’s Congress approved constitutional reforms which would allow for indefinite presidential re-election, potentially opening the door for another term from President Nayib Bukele.
Bukele won a second term last year despite a constitutional ban on re-election. El Salvador’s top court, filled with Bukele-backed judges, had ruled that it was the leader’s human right to run again.
The constitutional amendments put forth by Bukele’s New Ideas party, which dominates Congress, would also extend terms from five years to six and scrap run-offs, on top of the indefinite presidential re-election.
The amendment would shorten the president’s current term to synchronize elections in 2027, as presidential, legislative and municipal elections are currently staggered.
