Nayib Bukele wants to abolish term limits in El Salvador
The millennial caudillo is continuing down the road to tyranny
“The people should have the right to reject or continue down the road on which they are travelling,” said Nayib Bukele on September 15th as he announced, to cheering officials, his intention to seek re-election as El Salvador’s president in 2024. Consecutive terms are banned by the constitution, and he warned that there would be criticism from abroad. But, he went on, this would be “hypocritical” since “nearly all developed countries” allow for re-election and it is banned only “in the third world”. His plan represents a big step towards another elected dictatorship in Latin America.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Bukele’s big re-election lie”
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