What was a mystery was clarified on Thursday 19th by President Nayib Bukele, who said: “In accordance with the law, we will meet before the deadline, before October 24th or the same October 24th, during the inauguration Register one.” Hydroelectric power station in San Luis de la Reina, about 165 kilometers northeast of San Salvador.
After several of the main political groups registered their formulas with the TSE, expectations grew as there was no indication as to when Nuevas Ideas (NI), previously the favorite in the polls to win the February 2024 election, would do so.
The President’s desire to seek immediate re-election is rejected by the opposition as unconstitutional, although the current Constitutional Chamber made this possible in a resolution of September 3, 2021, which caused criticism at the national and international levels.
This Monday, the presidential candidate of the Patriotic Solidarity Brotherhood (FPS) party, Marina Murillo, presented her request to the governing body of the elections, assuring the local media that if she won in February, she would suspend the emergency regime.
Murillo, who will be accompanied to the elections by the candidate for Vice President of the Republic, Fausto Carranza, announced in his statements that his campaign aims to return this country to its democracy, its rule of law and its economic development, to the rule of law to ensure security and project of the country for investment.
The candidates of the Solidarity Force (FS) party also went to the TSE to nominate their candidates for the positions of President, Vice President and Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of San Salvador for the 2024 elections.
FS presidential candidate Javier Renderos emphasized that “this will be a good participation to strengthen the democracy of El Salvador and we represent broad sectors.”
For his part, the leader of the party, Rigoberto Soto, explained that they hope to obtain at least “a deputy for each department and that they will present a legislative proposal to which they will also add some aspects of their departments.”
Five presidential organizations have already requested the registration of their candidates: the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), the Nationalist Republican Alliance (Arena), the Salvadoran Independent Party (PAIS), the Solidarity Force and the Salvadoran Patriotic Brotherhood (FPS).
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