When questioned by reporters, the prelate stressed that a constitutional overhaul “cannot be carried out overnight or behind the people’s backs; it must be submitted to consultation because it represents a sweeping change to the democratic system.” The package of...
El Salvador’s legislative assembly has voted to remove term limits for the presidency and allow President Nayib Bukele to remain in power indefinitely. The move comes after years during which Bukele has accumulated power in the small Central American state. The...
In barely four hours of debate, the ruling party Nuevas Ideas, together with the PCN and the PDC, approved on Thursday a package of constitutional amendments that lengthens the presidential term to six years, authorizes unlimited presidential reelection, and schedules...
Just hours after approving constitutional amendments that pave the way for indefinite presidential reelection, extend the presidential term to six years, and eliminate elections for lawmakers to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), the Legislative Assembly...
The Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly) fast-tracked five constitutional reforms to the country’s political-electoral system, a move that some experts view as a ploy for Nuevas Ideas to perpetuate itself in power. The reforms to Articles 75, 80, 133,...
With 57 votes from Nuevas Ideas, PCN, and PDC, the Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional reform on Thursday that severs the country’s ties with the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN). The reform must be ratified afterward to take effect. Under a...
