The recent elections in El Salvador have raised concerns about the trustworthiness of official numbers, highlighting a significant gap between President Nayib Bukele's popularity and that of his legislators. Opposition parties have petitioned to annul the elections due to alleged fraud, with claims of systemic irregularities and changes in seat apportionment benefiting Bukele's party. Bukele has faced criticism and scrutiny for his tough crime crackdown and his interactions with the press, including a recent confrontation with a BBC reporter.
Sky News host Rita Panahi has mocked a vegan protester for putting his feet in a cement block. https://t.co/2eFdX3JCn2
Sky News host Rita Panahi has reacted to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele “annihilating” a BBC reporter for criticising his tough-on-crime crackdown. https://t.co/cncd1zN2sB
Sky News host Rita Panahi reacts to an “enraged” activist with a transgender flag attacking students at a pro-life rally. https://t.co/ztCG4yQG67
Watch: President Bukele Blasts BBC Reporter Criticizing El Salvador’s Crime Crackdown https://t.co/MMgecT3sai
Jacobin just published an article titled ''Nayib Bukele Committed Blatant Election Fraud'' declaring that ''Bukele resorted to outright fraud'' their evidence boils down to the voting software crashing on election day, and ballots found with no creases https://t.co/napAW27ADk
➡️The contested Feb 4th elections produced a legislature disproportionately dominated by Bukele's party. Changes to the formula for apportioning seats hurt the FMLN most. Opposition parties petitioned to annul the elections due to systemic irregularities (FRAUD) #Elecciones2024Sv https://t.co/RMmuQZO0CT
President @nayibbukele is not just responding to the BBC, he's responding to the entire mainstream press; that global press that is either too corrupt or too stupid to acknowledge and salute the incredible work done since 2019. I can't wait to live in El Salvador 🇸🇻. https://t.co/GFlk62KLUQ
El Salvador President schools BBC reporter Nayib Bukele, now the twice-elected president of El Salvador, shared this video on 21st February, showing his reply to a question asked by a BBC reporter. Salvadorian laws allow the leader accorded with a supermajority to have apparent… https://t.co/cN1IVKd5jE
My latest on the electoral crisis in El Salvador: “The official numbers aren’t trustworthy, but they reveal a substantial gap between the president’s popularity and that of his legislators” https://t.co/TJTOCIav61
El Salvador’s elections authority, still trying to deflect blame for the Feb 4 debacle, is withholding stipends for the vast majority of polling center workers who, through some combination of TSE malfeasance & incompetence, were unable to upload their results on election night. https://t.co/go97mggpbl
President Bukele nukes a BBC reporter for criticizing his tough crime crackdown in El Salvador: https://t.co/omXu8NXs6q
that’s not true, el salvador is not one of the safest place in the western world this man just murdered that reporter 😭🥵💦 https://t.co/7L0ogHVM6E
Sky News host Rita Panahi reacts to a clip of American television host Stephen Colbert’s spirit being “broken” by “Trump derangement syndrome”. https://t.co/Ge027OHf9d
Time and again, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele has demonstrated a mistrust of his base, taking extraordinary measures to insulate his reign from democratic controls. The latest elections in the country appeared to confirm his suspicions. https://t.co/sjVUxotZcU
"The official numbers aren’t trustworthy, but they reveal a substantial gap between the president’s popularity and that of his legislators." #Elecciones2024Sv #EleccionesElSalvador2024 https://t.co/6y3RSsssNr