The US congratulates Bukele and highlights the importance of respect for human rights

The Secretary of State for USA, Anthony Blinkencongratulated this Monday the president of The Savior, Nayib Bukelefor his re-election and highlighted the importance of respect for human rights and judicial guarantees.

“I congratulate Nayib Bukele for his electoral victory as president of the The Savior. U.S praises the work of election observers and looks forward to working with the president-elect,” said the head of American diplomacy.

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Blink highlighted that the priorities U.S in the relationship with The Savior They will be “good governance, economic prosperity, fair trial guarantees and human rights”.

U.SAs he said, he values ​​“strong relationship”maintained with the population of The Savior, “forged over 160 years in shared values, regional ties and family connections”.

“The events in The Savior They have a direct impact on American interests at home and abroad. Only by working together can we reach our full potential and overcome the world’s greatest obstacles. our hemisphere and all over the world”sustained Blink.

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 examination of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), now reaches 1,662,313 votes, followed at a distance by the Frente Farabundo Marti for National LiberationFMLNon the 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 with the physical records and this process takes several days.

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

Source: Elcomercio

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