SAN SALVADOR, 1st August, 2025 (WAM) -- El Salvador's parliament on Thursday approved a constitutional reform lifting a ban on presidents to run for re-election and extending the presidential term from five to six years.
The measure was passed by 57 lawmakers from President Nayib Bukele's ruling Nuevas Ideas party in a fast-tracked vote. Only three opposition members voted against it.
A second vote is required in the next session, but approval is considered certain.
The reform also abolishes presidential run-offs and ends the current presidential term on 1st June 2027 - two years earlier than previously scheduled, to align presidential, parliamentary, and municipal elections.