The President of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), Dora Martínez, announced that there were 297,992 passports of Salvadorans abroad, 739,925 unique identification documents (DUI) for internet voting and 166,537 for in-person electronic voting in voting centers, which would increase the number of eligible voters to one million 204 thousand 454.
The next elections will mark a milestone in the country’s history, establishing a right that an important part of the population demanded and that initially became a figure that could be decisive in the presidential elections.
During the week, National Liberation Front Farabundo Martí (FMLN) candidate Manuel Flores challenged New Ideas candidate Nayib Bukele to a public debate.
“I’ve been ready for months, I’ve challenged him several times, he won’t go. He has no idea how to deal with the economic situation, he is the product of a journalistic commercial approach,” said Flores as he launched the challenge.
In recent days, the alleged illegality of the registration of one of the seven candidates (Bukele) who will compete for the country’s presidency has been talked about in the political media, but the TSE has already issued a statement giving a positive outcome to the candidacy despite opposition from groups and opposing counsel.
The Sumar Civic Platform called on the population not to vote for the current ruler, who, in their opinion, violates the constitution, and poured a “bucket” of cold water on the TSE, which it considered complicit in advocating an illegality , which constitutional lawyers who are against reiterated. for the re-election of the president.
Bukele’s opponents believe that his registration “constitutes a blatant violation of Articles 75, 88, 131, 152 and 154 of the Constitution of the Republic”; and thus “the TSE has dealt a fatal blow to democracy.”
It was also news that the Legislative Assembly extended for the twentieth time the emergency regime that helped arrest nearly 74,000 suspected gang members and collaborators.
This Friday, the arrest on November 8 in Tapachula, Mexico, of Elmer Canales Rivera, leader of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS) nicknamed “Crooks,” caused a stir, with reports highlighting the alleged complicity of local authorities in his Prove release from prison. maximum security where he was held.
During the week, US Undersecretary of State for International Trade Marisa Lago visited the country, met with local authorities and signed commitments to deepen cooperation on digital policy.
Meanwhile, in the coming days, the media environment is expected to be maintained for the Miss Universe beauty pageant on November 18, the date when the National Library built with Chinese support could be inaugurated.
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