At the moment there is “nothing on the agenda”, not even an idea or discussion about reforming the constitution of the republic, the parliamentary speaker replied when asked about this possibility.
Reforming Magna Carta would require an initial vote by the legislature, which will end its function on April 30, 2024, and ratification, with which it will begin its function on May 1, 2024, experts say.
“No, we don’t have anything like that on the menu at the moment. The thing is, if you asked me now, I would say no because there is not even that, no conversation, no idea, no, absolutely nothing,” he noted.
There is currently a proposal that has been under consideration since September 2021 and was presented to President Nayib Bukele by Vice President Félix Ulloa, but in recent months the issue has disappeared from the official scene.
Ulloa's proposal did not take into account the possibility of a short-term re-election of the president, but included approval of the referendum to ratify constitutional reforms, the revocation of the mandate, the creation of a social chamber and an electoral chamber in the Supreme Court. among other things.
Since 2019, when Bukele assumed the presidency, El Salvador has been rocked by events that changed the country's political framework, and now the next step may perhaps be constitutional reform, commentators have suggested in recent months.
Constitutional reform is possible in the coming years, said Miguel Ángel Cardoza, former judge of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) and the Supreme Court (CSJ), given that re-elections are already a reality.
Cardoza claimed that the Constitution of the Republic needed to be reviewed based on the reinterpretations of the Stone Clauses, i.e. the process. Elective from February 4, 2024.
“I do think some things in the constitution need to be looked at very carefully. “You would also have to ask yourself why it was a stone clause that there could be no re-election and that was interpreted, it was a stone clause that you had to wait five years and that was interpreted,” commented the former judge.
Connoisseurs and experts in the field speak of the items as “presumably stone” because they were used at the whim and needs of the current authorities, he said.
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