El Salvador candidate: Breaking the law – in a popular way?
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele is running for reelection in February – something unimaginable when he first took office in 2019.
As president, Mr. Bukele concentrated the power of nearly all political institutions into his party’s hands, clamped down on civil liberties, and sidestepped six articles in the constitution that explicitly ban presidential reelection in order to participate in the Feb. 4 race.
Yet despite nearly half of Salvadorans saying they believe Mr. Bukele broke the law with his reelection bid, he’s won widespread public approval for his leadership. A majority say they’ll vote for him.
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