2023-06-07 08:39:56
The request for the reduction of deputies, presented to the legislative plenary session by Christian Guevara, Head of the New Ideas Fraction, After receiving it from the Minister of the Interior, Juan Carlos Bidegain, it includes the elimination of the waste election system.
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San Salvador. With 66 votes, the Legislative Assembly approved this Wednesday morning, June 7, the reduction from 84 to 60 deputies for the next legislative period.
The request made by President Nayib Bukele during his message to the nation, within the framework of his Fourth Anniversary, on June 1, was endorsed by the deputies of Nuevas Ideas, PCN, GANA and PDC; On the contrary, Arena, Fmln, VAMOS and Nuestro Tiempo voted against (13) or did not vote.
According to the new provision reformed in the pertinent legislation, the distribution of deputies is as follows: San Salvador, 16 deputies; Santa Ana, San Miguel and Sonsonate, five each; Liberty, seven; Usulutan, four; Ahuachapán and La Paz, three; La Unión, Cuscatlán, Chalatenango, Morazán, San Vicente and Cabañas, two each.
The request to reduce the number of deputies, presented to the full legislature by Christian Guevara, Head of the Nuevas Ideas Fraction, after receiving it from the Minister of the Interior, Juan Carlos Bidegain, includes the elimination of the election system based on waste.
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