SAN SALVADOR (AP) 鈥 El Salvador鈥檚 Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Friday ruled President Nayib Bukele can run for reelection next year, even though the country's Constitution technically prohibits it.
The decision comes one week after the popular Salvadoran president . In a vote Friday, electoral authorities approved Bukele's reelection bid by four votes to none, with one abstention.
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal took to X, formerly Twitter, to confirm Bukele and his vice presidential candidate, F茅lix Ulloa, meet 鈥渢he legal requirements鈥 to run in February 2024.
Bukele also celebrated the decision on X writing 鈥淟egally registered! And without any votes against."
Officials also voted unanimously in favor of the candidacy of the Farabundo Mart铆 香港六合彩挂牌资料 Liberation Front 鈥 an old-guard leftist party formed of ex-guerillas from El Salvador's civil war.
The FMLN , a decision he repaid as president by sweeping party officials and their family members from government jobs.
El Salvador鈥檚 Constitution prohibits reelection, but in 2021, handed down an interpretation of a particular article which enables Bukele to run again. In their ruling they determined the question of reelection was for Salvadorans to decide at the ballot box.
Recent polling indicated a clear and heavy advantage for Bukele as he seeks reelection.
His administration's is widely popular as it has significantly curbed crime rates, despite a suspension of some constitutional rights under a state of emergency that has now been in place for more than 1 1/2 years.
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