El Salvador's congress, dominated by the Nuevas Ideas political party, has approved significant changes to the constitution, a move that critics label as anti-democratic. The incoming legislature, which takes its seats on May 1, is set to implement reforms that could potentially allow President Nayib Bukele to have increased control over constitutional amendments. This includes the elimination of one of the two steps previously required to amend the constitution, raising concerns about weakening democratic guardrails and the rule of law. Critics argue that this consolidation of power could leave citizens defenseless against state abuses. Additionally, the reforms might prioritize presidential term limits while neglecting long-standing regional issues such as the right to water.
⚠️ #ElSalvador | Organizations warn that the Bukele regime's changes to the process for constitutional reform are illegal, unconstitutional, and anti-democratic: "this accumulation of power leaves Salvadorans defenseless against state abuses" https://t.co/nR5APGbrK8
🇸🇻#ElSalvador In the last official legislative session, the Nuevas Ideas political party introduced a reform that eliminates 1 of the 2 steps to amend the constitution. @WOLA_org expresses concern about this action as it weakens important democratic guardrails and the rule of law
https://t.co/1gqqOD9BNK #ElSalvador National Assembly going with right to constitutional reform (which will probably see presidential term "limits" high on the agenda) but no right to water. Regional issue that has been ignored for decades.
Nayib Bukele: "If there's one thing I fear, it's leaving a bad legacy." https://t.co/pqVExKAKv4
Moving forward, to fix this country, we need a man to lead like @nayibbukele https://t.co/ru4pMKM288
a man with integrity, actual virtue, and with a sense of honor when in doubt, be like bukele https://t.co/1bPdfn3WEP
We need a @nayibbukele in this country https://t.co/xkO2p5Dfwh
El Salvador's congress approves changes to reform constitution, a move critics call anti-democratic https://t.co/w9Db2cc73X
Nayib Bukele has banned “every use or trace” of gender ideology/queer theory from all schools and colleges in El Salvador. This is how it’s done. https://t.co/BV9myGvq92
America needs a Bukele. https://t.co/lm8wmM8KeU
Bukele is going to become the Heroic Model of what a leader can be in the 21st century, he will be El Salvadors Lee Kuan Yew no one believes anymore in Great Men because we have been turned cynical by decades of poor leadership But he is a Great Man. https://t.co/tqYZF80A2w
Bukele is going to the Heroic Model of what a leader can be in the 21st century, he will be El Salvadors Lee Kuan Yew no one believes anymore in Great Men because we have been turned cynical by decades of poor leadership But he is a Great Man. https://t.co/tqYZF80A2w
Nayib Bukele is putting on a master class for all the world to see on how to be a transformative, once in a generation leader. I hope others around the Western Hemisphere are paying attention. Absolutely remarkable. https://t.co/JwSJH0xVP1
This is astounding. I love Bukele so much. How to save Latin America. https://t.co/jXj7KCHSPf
Win after win coming out of El Salvador with Nayib Bukele https://t.co/saiAQoVYaR
This guy @nayibbukele is proving to be a model for leaders everywhere. Watch how he brings his executive team together, and then announces a surprise! https://t.co/QI5FguxF4k
With El Salvador’s incoming legislature set to take its seats on May 1, Bukele is preparing to write himself a blank check to reform the constitution without democratic controls over the next term https://t.co/J4EsAk5onP