Bukele formalizes new candidacy to remain at the helm of El Salvador until 2033

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The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, paved the way in August last year for unlimited re-election in the country after a controversial constitutional reform that, in addition to approving the measure, brought forward the elections and extended the presidential term from five to six years.
This Sunday (28), the plan to run for a third consecutive term and remain at the head of the country until 2033 was confirmed with a short warning from the president of his party, Novas Ideias.
"We are ready!", warned Xavi Zablah Bukele, when formalizing his cousin-president's candidacy in the February 2027 election.
In office since 2019, Bukele has no opponents in the primaries of the party, scheduled for the 12th.
He enjoys a comfortable 80% popular approval rating and tends to inspire other presidents in the region with his rigorous - and questioned - policy to combat organized crime.
Nayib Bukele inaugurated for his second term as president of El Salvador
Presidency of El Salvador/Handout via Reuters
The mega-prisons built by Bukele have become models for radical right candidates, such as Daniel Noboa, Abelardo de La Espriella and Keiko Fujimori, in their campaigns seeking the presidencies of Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, respectively.
At 44 years old, the Salvadoran president boasts of being a "legal dictator", for having implemented the state of emergency in the country and other authoritarian measures that reduced the homicide rate by more than 90%.
He maintains the three powers under his control and governs through a police and military regime, with the suspension of constitutional rights. The police have the power to detain any suspicious person indefinitely - thanks to this, El Salvador has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with 2% of the adult population behind bars.
If 70% of Salvadorans say they would like to see him in a third term, six out of ten are afraid to criticize him publicly.
Bukele despises criticism that he leads the country at the price of constant violations of human rights, as reported by international entities specializing in the subject.
"Whose human rights? Not those of honorable people", he counters.
This booklet, based on the concentration of powers and the desire to remain in office for another ten years, as revealed in December to a Spanish YouTuber, formalizes his new candidacy.

Source: G1