El Salvador approves law removing limits on presidential re-election

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01 Aug 2025, 14:17 GMT+10

SAN SALVADOR, 1st August, 2025 (WAM) -- El Salvador's parliament on Thursday approved a constitutional reform lifting a ban on presidents to run for re-election and extending the presidential term from five to six years.

The measure was passed by 57 lawmakers from President Nayib Bukele's ruling Nuevas Ideas party in a fast-tracked vote. Only three opposition members voted against it.

A second vote is required in the next session, but approval is considered certain.

The reform also abolishes presidential run-offs and ends the current presidential term on 1st June 2027 - two years earlier than previously scheduled, to align presidential, parliamentary, and municipal elections.

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