The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on Thursday approved a series of constitutional reforms that eliminate presidential term limits and extend the duration of terms, paving the way for a possible reelection of President Nayib Bukele in the future.
The reforms were reportedly approved in an “exemption from processing” situation that allows for an expedited law approval without the need for its text to go through a parliamentary commission. The reforms were approved with a 57-3 vote from the overwhelming majority of the 53 lawmakers from President Bukele’s New Ideas (NI) party and three lawmakers from allied parties. All three opposition lawmakers voted against it.
Historically, all eight iterations of El Salvador’s constitution between 1841 and the current 1983 version contained clauses that either prohibited the immediate reelection of a president or forbade a president from ever being reelected.
The now-approved reforms modify four articles of the current 1983 Salvadoran constitution: 75, 80, 152, and 154, all of which are related to the matter of presidential terms. The modified text previously prohibited presidential reelections and punished those who promoted presidential reelections with a complete loss of citizen rights.
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