The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of El Salvador accepted this Friday to run for presidential re-election Nayib Bukele for the February 4 elections, although opponents claim this is unconstitutional.

“With four votes and one abstention from Judge Julio Olivo, the presidential formula of the Nuevas Ideas party was “registered”after confirming that they meet the legal requirements“, the TSE said in its account on the social network X, formerly Twitter.

After the official announcement, Bukele wrote in X: “Legally registered and without votes against”.

On October 26, Bukele and Vice President Félix Ulloa appeared before the TSE with the documentation needed to apply for registration.

In El Salvador, re-election was prohibited until Bukele came to powerTherefore, opponents, lawyers and analysts believe his application is unconstitutional.

He was enabled to seek re-election in 2021 by constitutional court judges appointed by the congress dominated by the ruling party.

Also this Friday, the presidential ticket of the former guerrilla Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FML, left), consisting of Manuel Flores and Werner Marroquín, was registered.

“The collegiate body approved the registration of the presidential formula of the FMLN party by 5 votes“, the TSE indicated.

The rest of the formulas of right-wing and centrist parties must register “corrective preventions” in order to be registered, the Court warned.

The 42-year-old Bukele, skilled in social networks, He is Latin America’s most popular president, with the support of 90% of Salvadoransaccording to a study published in July by the NGO Latinobarómetro 2023.

This overwhelming support lies in his security plan, which brought calm to communities terrorized by gangs, but, according to humanitarian groups, at the expense of rights restricted by the emergency regime in force in the country since March 2022. (I)