2024-02-12 18:55:17
Although the Constitution prevents it, the current president ran for re-election and won with a large percentage.
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukeledeclared himself the winner of the presidential elections of that country “with more than 85% of the votes” before the Supreme Electoral Tribunal rectified the votes.
This was made known through his social networks. “According to our numbers, we have won the presidential election with more than 85% of the votes and a minimum of 58 of 60 Assembly deputies“, he explained in his X account (ex Twitter).
To which he added: “The record in the entire democratic history of the world“.
The president claimed victory when the vote counting was just beginning, which raised certain doubts regarding the information provided. However the The body in charge of reviewing the votes confirmed it hours later.
According to the data of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, In second place would be the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) of candidate Manuel Flores, with 7.13%; In third place is ARENA, represented by Joel Sánchez, with 6.17%; in the fourth, Nuestro Tiempo by candidate Luis Parada, with 2.23%; in the fifth, Fuerza Solidaria, with 0.87%; and, in last place was Marina Murillo’s FPS, with 0.65%.
An election day that was not free of controversy, where the head of state reported delays in the opening of voting locations and the early closure of other centers.
While from the opposition, the ARENA candidate, Joel Sánchez accused that Nayib Bukele’s party continued campaigning inside the polling stationswhich is prohibited.
The re-election of Nayib Bukele as president of El Salvador
Nayib Bukele, 42, was re-elected as president of El Salvador, in which he decreed exception regime from March 2022.
According to all the electoral polls, the current head of state was positioned as the great favorite to win the elections. This, added to the little citizen support for the rest of the candidates.
Although the Constitution prevents it, Nayib Bukele ran for re-election thanks to a legal trickwhich allows him to be the first re-elected president in the last 32 years.