El Salvador’s Congress, which is controlled by President Nayib Bukele New Ideas party, approved a change to an article of the Constitution to facilitate larger constitutional reforms without having to wait until after the election of a new legislature.
FILE - El Salvador ’s President Nayib Bukele speaks to the press at Mexico’s National Palace in Mexico City, March 12, 2019. Authorities confirmed on April 17, 2024 that Bukele released the father of a Salvadoran soccer player Marcelo “El Chiky” Díaz from prison after the athlete from Salvador’s national team published a plea for his release on social media, saying his father was wrongfully arrested as a suspected gang member on the way to see him play.
Previously, constitutional reforms had to be proposed and approved in one legislature, then ratified in the subsequent Congress following elections. Now, reforms can be swept through with just the vote of three quarters of legislators. Bukele, a populist strongman, has already made moves that critics say endanger the Central American nation’s fragile democracy.
The constitutional reform would only further allow the leader to push through his policies, including potentially carrying out more reforms to stay in power.The Monday reform quickly sparked outraged among critics and watchdogs, including Claudia Ortiz, a legislator under the VAMOS party who voted against the reform.
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