After months of questioning from sections of the opposition, who say it is illegal and unconstitutional for the Salvadoran president to present himself as a candidate for re-election or a second consecutive term, depending on how the bet is interpreted, NI confirmed in internal elections that this was the case came to the conclusion on Sunday that this was the will of their members.
Bukele seems unbeatable compared to other candidates who will be presented in their parties’ internal elections in the coming days. Today is Our Time, tomorrow the Nationalist Republican Alliance (Arena), the Farabundo Martà National Liberation Front (FMLN), Vamos, Fuerza Solidaria y Gana and on July 20th the Salvadoran Patriotic Brotherhood Party (FPS).
It is an all-against-one (Bukele), but a whole whose tendencies go from right to left without, given their ideological differences that have not managed to iron out civil society demands for the creation of a single candidate, is able to achieve an alternative for a single candidate united front with a single representative of the city.
The 2024 elections in El Salvador will take place in a scenario where the majority of the groups will try to stay in local politics, although according to repeated estimates these days, the forecasts do not predict many survivors
Speaking to a prominent member of one of these political camps, who wished to remain anonymous, Prensa Latina learned that the goal is no longer to win the presidency, although there will be a candidate, but to try to maintain his presence, even if there is a minimal, in the Legislative Assembly.
Several political groups are already vying to win mayoral and MPs with their best candidates, but Northern Ireland’s internal elections revealed a unity bloc that, while losing some mayoral seats and MPs in the Legislative Assembly, showed over the week that this was the case will come up with good candidates and as a bloc attached to the President.
Experts and analysts such as the former President of the Central Bank (BCR) in the FMLN governments, Carlos Acevedo, assess this situation assuming that the opposition has no chance of winning the presidential elections in 2024.
While this week set the tone that followed days of sporting passion at the XXIV Central Caribbean Games, it also marked Parliament’s extension of the state of emergency regime, the government’s flagship measure to combat gangs.
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