The Legislature of El Salvador approved the repair of constitutional changes that allow the president’s uncertain reelection, which effectively enabled President Nayib Buklele to remain in power beyond his current term.
The package of five reforms, passed on to a 57-3 vote of Buklele’s new ideas and allies, also expands the term of the president up to six years from five and removed the run-off voting, According to At the legal assembly of El Salvador.
Opponents are warning that the move is focused on power and threatening democratic institutions, as the changes remove the term limits that have long served as a check to the executive authority.
The new ideas of party lawmakers Ana Figueroa have suggested to end Buklele’s current term two years earlier to align the president’s election and election in Congress on the same schedule. If approved, Buklele’s current term will end on June 1, 2027, instead of June 1, 2029.
Figueroa said these changes will save millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money. “Every Runoff election is worth the state of approximately $ 50 million. With those sources, we can build a new hospital and lots of schools,” he said.
Opponents say that democracy is dying
Opposition lawmakers Marcela Villatoro, of the Nationalist Republican Alliance Party, was among the three who voted against the proposals. He has been reported Says The vote marked the death of democracy in El Salvador.
“You do not realize what the uncertain reelection brings: it brings an accumulation of power and weakens democracy … there is corruption and client because nepotism is growing and stopping democracy and political participation,” he added, according to the AP.
Suecy Callejas, first vice president of the legislative assembly, who was also a member of the New Ideas Party, reportedly defended the changes, saying, “Power is back to a single place it actually owns … to Salvadann people.”
Constitutional changes have come amid greater concerns in democratic backs.
In June, Buklele’s government drew Critism For the maintenance of a lawyer, a Buklele critic, in jail, who captures the eye of human rights defenders, AP reported. In the same month, another lawyer of a human rights organization is punished up to six months of imprisonment pending trial.
Despite the international criticism, Buklele remains popular indoors. A recent survey of the University of El Salvador’s public opinion laboratory Found More than 78% of participants approved Buklele’s performance in the first year of his second term. A separate Poll by Iudop-UCA gave him 8.15 out of 10 ratings for his sixth year in the office.
Bitcoin policy gets a mix -hal reviews
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Constitutional changes will come as El Salvador’s international image remains mixed, especially regarding economic and bitcoin (Btc) techniques.
Last week, a report of International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that El Salvador did not buy Any bitcoin since its signed the $ 1.4 billion deals on loan Back in December 2024, where it came to return investments to Bitcoin.
That assertion opposed claims from the official El Salvador office, saying the country would continue to buy 1 Bitcoin each day.
The June 16 report indicates that El Salvador bought 240 Bitcoin after signing The IMF deal.
Currently, 6,255.18 BTC is held by El Salvador, and the reserve has grown 31 BTC in the last 30 days, According to In the Bitcoin office.
El Salvador recently Signed a Memorandum of Understanding On the top bank of Bolivia to strengthen Bolivia’s infrastructure and improve the country’s crypto policies.
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