The Electoral Tribunal of El Salvador officially calls the 2024 general elections

He Court Supreme Electoral (TSE) of The Savior called on Wednesday night more than 5.5 million citizens to participate in the 2024 general elections, in which President Nayib Bukele will seek re-election despite allegations that it is unconstitutional.

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“The act that we carry out today is in compliance with the provisions of article 169 of the Electoral Code and we summon the electoral body to elections of president or president, vice president or vice president, deputations to the legislative Assembly to the Parliament Central American and members of Municipal Councils“said the president of the TSE, Dora Esmeralda Martinez of Barahonaon a national radio and television network.

martinez de barahona pointed out whatand “the salvadorans They must be sure that once again our work will guarantee absolute respect for the free, voluntary and sovereign decision of the people, exercised through voting in the next elections”.

“We affirm with certainty to the Salvadoran people that the resources are available to provide the country with transparent, modern and reliable elections.”, he indicated.

The presiding judge stated that “he electoral process advances positively under conditions that already ensure the development of authentic, free, sovereign and democratic elections”.

He added that there will be 685,026 salvadorans abroad those who are also summoned to participate in said elections.

El Salvador must hold the presidential elections in 2024, Legislative Assembly, Mayors and Central American Parliament (talk).

On Sunday, February 4, 2024, the presidential and legislative electionswhile Sunday March 3 will be the elections of paralace and mayors. If necessary, the second round or ballot of the presidential elections would be held on this last date.

In 2024, Salvadorans will elect 44 mayors and municipal councils, instead of 242 after the Congress approve a law to reorganize the territorial division of the country, presented and promoted by the president bukele.

In addition, they must vote for 60 councils instead of 84, this also after the approval of a regulation promoted by the Salvadoran president.

The legislative Assemblywith a broad pro-government majority, approved last March a budget of 129.3 million dollars for said elections.

In these elections, the TSE It will implement two modalities for voting abroad. One of them is remote voting over the Internet, which can be done by all people with Unique identity document (DUI) current or expired issued in The Savior or abroad whose domicile in the document is outside the country.

The other modality is face-to-face electronic voting at the consulates or offices that the TSE designated and may be done by Salvadorans abroad whose current DUI or is not issued within the national territory or abroad and whose domicile says that it is in The Savior.

The Washington Office on Latin American Affairs (WOLA) issued a statement on Wednesday stating that Salvadorans will go to the elections to elect a president and legislative and municipal authorities “In a context of deteriorating state of Law” and “human rights violations where it is imperative to guarantee free, transparent and fair elections”.

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REGISTRATION PROCESS BEGINS

After the call for elections, political parties can now carry out the registration process before the TSE of their presidential and vice-presidential candidates.

According to the deadlines established in the electoral calendar of the collegiate body, political parties have between September 7 and October 26 to present their applications for registration of candidates.

It is unknown when the official party, New ideas (NI), will present before the electoral Tribunal documentation to register bukele and the current vice president, Félix Ulloa, as their candidates.

In September 2021, the magistrates of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) issued a sentence in which a change of criteria on immediate re-election is reflected, thus opening the possibility for re-election.

bukele announced his intention to seek re-election in September 2022, making him the first president of the democratic stage Salvadoran with the option of seeking his immediate re-election.

Source: Elcomercio

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