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Weekly Report - 07 May 2026 (WR-26-18)
EL SALVADOR: More constitutional changes as 2027 election draws into focus
With the February 2027 general elections less than a year away, El Salvador’s 60-member unicameral legislature has approved two constitutional amendments proposed by President Nayib Bukele. One allows the diaspora, which has been able to vote in presidential elections since 2014, and strongly backs Bukele, to vote in legislative elections. The other amends the way in which the supreme electoral tribunal (TSE) is appointed. Approved on 29 April, both changes, which have already drawn alarm from the local civil society group Acción Ciudadana (AC), look like a further bid to shore up support by Bukele, who came to power in 2019 and won re-election in 2024 after sidestepping a constitutional prohibition.
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