Salvadorans This Sunday, they voted in elections that are expected to give re-election and more power to President N.Ayib Bukeleapplauded for putting some behind bars 75,000 gang members in a relentless “war” that has suspended civil liberties in the country.
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Bukele declared himself the winner through his account on the social network X (formerly Twitter). However, the official announcement of the election board is still missing.
“According to our numbers, we won the Presidential election with more than 85 percent of the votes and at least 58 of the 60 deputies in the Parliament. A record in the entire democratic history of the world. See you in front of the National Palace at 21:00. God bless El Salvador“Bukele wrote to account X.
On the other hand, according to the exit poll announced by CID-Gallup, the president would have received 87 percent of the votes.
“Candidate Nayib Bukele gets 87 percent of the votes, and according to the data, this could be as high as 90 points, that is, a completely absolute majority,” CID-Gallup director Luis Haug said at a press conference. said. .
“In all our years of evaluating polls, different governments and candidates, we have never observed a gap of this magnitude in any election.” he assured.
Approximately 6.2 million Salvadorans were called to vote in a day that lasted approximately 10 hours (7 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time).
The elections were monitored by thousands of soldiers and police within the scope of the state of emergency implemented two years ago to combat gangs in the country.
In the afternoon, queues formed at some voting centers in the country, and quite large queues formed in cities such as Madrid and New York.
Bukele, 42, arrived at the polling station around 3pm local time to seek immediate re-election. If he officially wins, he would be the first person to re-take office, even though the Constitution does not allow it. But the country’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of his re-election campaign, something the opposition questioned.
According to surveys, The current president has 70 percent voting intent.
The day passed relatively calmly.
Consortium of private organizations and universities Observa El Salvador 2024 noted that this Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections showed a “relatively normal development.”
“From the information obtained, it appears that there was a relatively normal development on election day on February 4,” he said in his first report.
But he also warned that “certain procedural provisions relating to the period before the start of citizen voting have been violated.”
Meanwhile, opposition parties Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN, left) and Nationalist Republican Alliancea (Arena, right) condemned “a number of anomalies” in the election process.
“The Arena’s president, Carlos Saade, condemned his exclusion in a video post on the social network.”
He reminded that voting committees should consist of citizens from civil society who are not affiliated with any political party.
He also denounced government staff at consulates serving as polling stations abroad “pressuring voters to vote for New Ideas.”
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