El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has registered to run for reelection next year
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele registered as his party's candidate to seek re-election in the country's presidential vote next year, a decision already raising eyebrows Friday because the constitution prohibits it. Bukele and his running mate, current vice president Félix Ulloa, were the last to register before the deadline at midnight Thursday. In typical Bukele fashion, the last-minute registration became a spectacle, coming amid rumors the president had been hospitalized.
According to several polls, Bukele would win the reelection by a wide margin. He has maintained soaring popularity numbers for his heavy-handed crackdown on the country’s powerful street gangs. Bukele, who pointed out that some “developed countries” might disagree with his decision to run, insisted, “They are not the ones who will decide, but the Salvadoran people.
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