Salvador Creates Extended Presidential Election and Term of 6 years
On August 1, 2025, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly—dominated by President Nayib Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas party—voted overwhelmingly (57 to 3) to approve constitutional amendments allowing the president to be re-elected indefinitely. Presidential terms are also extended from five to six years, and runoff elections when no candidate wins a first-round majority have been eliminated. Bukele’s current […]
