Argentina congratulates Bukele and affirms “commitment to continue working” with El Salvador

Argentina congratulated “the people and the Government” of The Savior for the elections held this Sunday in the Central American country and extended “its congratulations and greetings to the elected president Nayib Bukele”.

In a statement released by Itamaraty, the South American country “renews its commitment to continue working in favor of the historical ties of friendship with The Savior and promote existing cooperation mechanisms between both nations on issues that make up the bilateral agenda.”

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During election day, Bukele said he offered the Government of Javier Milei collaboration on security issues, although that country does not need measures “as drastic” as those applied in El Salvador.

“We officially offer the Minister (of Security) (Patricia) Bullrich“It is not advice, but necessary collaboration on all security issues.”said the president in a meeting with the media held a few minutes after the polling stations closed.

He stated, in response to questions from the press, that “As the problem is minor, perhaps the medicine It could also be smaller.”

“Argentina’s security problem, which exists, is perhaps not as pressing as it was in The Savior and, therefore, the measures that can be shared by us so that they can be applied in Argentina would not have to be so drastic, because they do not need to resolve such a big problem”, he added.

Sunday night, Bukele He proclaimed himself the winner of the elections before the results were known.

With 70.25% of the minutes processed in the preliminary scrutiny of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), it has already reached 1,662,313 votes, followed closely by the Front Farabundo Marti to the National Liberation (FMLN, left), with 139,025 votes, and the National Republican Alliance (Arena, on the right), with 122,926.

These results must be ratified in a final vote using physical records and this process takes several days.

If the data is confirmed, Bukele would become the first president of The Savior Being re-elected and a majority in Congress would allow him to continue his war against gangs through an emergency regime, implemented since March 2022.

Source: Elcomercio

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