Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Runs for Re-election Despite Constitutional Concerns
Despite contention over constitutionality, the country's Supreme Court allows Bukele to run; polls indicate a strong likelihood he will win re-election.
- Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has filed to run for re-election despite questions around its constitutionality, as immediate re-election is prohibited by certain constitutional articles.
- Although Salvadoran Constitution prohibits re-election, in 2021, the country's Supreme Court of Justice ruled that one of its articles allows the president to run for re-election once.
- Despite dissent from constitutional lawyers who argue the re-election bid is illegal, if the electoral tribunal considers it an illegitimate application, the decision would revert back to the Supreme Court, which had already ruled in favor of Bukele's re-election bid.
- Bukele has maintained soaring popularity through his heavy-handed crackdown on powerful street gangs in El Salvador, with several polls indicating a wide margin win in the re-election.
- This re-election is not the only novelty coming to El Salvador's presidential race, as the country will also allow remote, online voting from abroad for the first time and in-person electronic booths in 29 countries, most of which are in the U.S.
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