It was news that Bukele's party won a supermajority in the Legislative Assembly with 54 seats, four fewer than planned by the president on the night of February 4, when he expected his victory at a major rally of his supporters in the Plaza Gerardo Barrios del Historic center of this capital.
From May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2027, the color cyan (blue) that characterizes the awning will give the legislature a type of policy that won favor among Salvadorans in the elections in which Bukele recorded a significant increase in votes received an overwhelming yes.
During the week it was also reported a decline in the elections of the two parties at the opposite poles of local politics, the Republican Nationalist Alliance (Arena, right) and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN, left), the latter without parliamentary representation since May.
Reports on the composition of the new 60-seat assembly (the previous one had 84) show that NI gained a supermajority of 54, the National Concertación (PCN) party two, the Christian Democratic Party one, Arena two. and Come on, a deputy.
The results of these elections reaffirmed NI's dominance on the national political stage and with this supermajority they will be able to drive the agenda of the Presidential House without having to rely on the consent of other groups.
From now on, the country's political institutions will intensify their campaign for the local elections and the Central American Parliament (Parlacen), which would take place on March 3 and conclude the current electoral cycle.
During the week, the opposition called for the annulment of the parliamentary elections, but the TSE rejected this claim and reiterated that the local elections to select 44 mayors, municipal councils and the country's 20 representatives in the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) will take place on the scheduled date. .
Also making headlines was the Ministry of Tourism's campaign to promote the so-called smoke-free industry, which already accounts for 11 percent of the gross domestic product and is, in fact, one of the locomotives that drives the local economy, whose income is determined by remittances and exports.
Remittances saw a decline in January after sustained increases that saw the country receive just over eight million 100 thousand dollars in 2023, while exports fell by 1,000 in January after ten months of decline. 6 increases.
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