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El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly has approved sweeping constitutional changes that fundamentally alter the country’s presidential election system and term limits.
Some key facts about El Salvador’s constitutional changes:
• El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved constitutional changes allowing indefinite presidential reelection, removing previous term limits for the presidency.
• Presidential terms will be extended from five years to six years under the new constitutional amendments.
• The second round of presidential elections will be eliminated, meaning candidates will no longer face runoff elections between the top two vote-getters.
• The changes were approved by El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s New Ideas party and its allies in the Legislative Assembly with a supermajority vote of 57 in favor and only three opposed.
• Bukele’s current term will be shortened to end June 1, 2027, instead of 2029, aligning presidential and congressional elections on the same schedule
• The constitutional changes will allow Bukele to seek reelection to a longer six-year term two years earlier than originally scheduled
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