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The Associated Press reports:
The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country’s Legislative Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidential reelection and extend presidential terms to six years.
Lawmaker Ana Figueroa from the New Ideas party had proposed the changes to five articles of the constitution. The proposal also included eliminating the second round of the election where the two top vote-getters from the first round face off. New Ideas and its allies in the Legislative Assembly quickly approved the proposals with the supermajority they hold. The vote passed with 57 in favor and three opposed.
Bukele overwhelmingly won reelection last year despite a constitutional ban, after Supreme Court justices selected by his party ruled in 2021 to allow reelection to a second five-year term. Those justices had been seen as the last check on the president.
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El Salvador’s lawmakers reform constitution to abolish presidential term limits.
The move allows President Bukele to be re-elected indefinitely, extends the term in office from five to six years and does away with a second round of voting in electionshttps://t.co/AI0ScvymP3 pic.twitter.com/q1PZJDhuLZ
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 1, 2025
El Salvador scraps term limits, paving way for Bukele to rule indefinitely https://t.co/ZnGJmuJJf3
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 1, 2025
If it can happen in El Salvador, it can happen here. Nayib Bukele just eliminated presidential term limits so he can rule for life. Donald Trump has floated the idea before—and now his protégé in America’s satellite state is showing him how it’s done. Chilling. pic.twitter.com/mtreyAmi3Z
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) August 1, 2025
— Opposition lawmaker Marcela Villatoro, after El Salvador’s Congress voted 57–3 to end presidential term limits, allowing President Bukele to run indefinitely. pic.twitter.com/yB2FmcovvF
— Ground News (@Ground_app) August 1, 2025