On Wednesday, the governing body called on national radio and television for 15 political parties and seven presidential candidates to run for Government House, seats in the Legislative Assembly and other elected offices.
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) duo was the first To for the presidency and vice presidency of El Salvador.
On February 4, Manuel “El Chino” Flores (President) and Werner Marroquín (Vice President) submitted to TSE the necessary documents to participate in the tender. After that exercise, Flores told the media that they were “prepared for the challenges and will walk alongside our people.”
After the registration process has started, the TSE judges must analyze, register or reject the candidatures.
Still to appear before the TSE are Nayib Bukele and Félix Ulloa (Nuevas Ideas), Joel Sánchez and Hilcia Bonilla (Arena), Luis Parada and Celia Medrano (Nuestro Tiempo), Javier Renderos and Rafael Montalvo (Fuerza Solidaria), José Cardoza and Irma Sosa (PAIS) and Marina Murillo and Fausto Carranza (FPS).
The edict kicked off the election campaign while opening the possibility that hostile political forces could challenge the candidacy of Bukele and his vice president on the grounds that it was unconstitutional.
Candidate registration runs from September 7th to October 26th this year.
Also in the news this week was Bitcoin’s second birthday as legal tender alongside the dollar, in what economists see as a failed policy.
In this context, a survey by the newspaper La Prensa Gráfica found that 83 percent of the 1,027 respondents do not use it and only 17 percent said they do, although other surveys confirm that usage is limited to five percent.
Here all prices are in dollars and many are wondering what the “virtual token” is for. According to economists like Cesar Villalona, this means of payment not only deprived the state of funds for public investments, but also served to “clean up” the money obtained illegally.
Meanwhile, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) forecast growth of 2.1 percent for that country in 2023, the lowest of the states that make up the Central American region.
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