Special Interview César Villalona-El Salvador Elections Illegal, Bukele’s Candidacy Unconstitutional
Channel: Orinoco Tribune
Date: 2024-01-20

Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—The reelection candidacy of the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, is unconstitutional, which makes the upcoming presidential elections in the country illegal, commented Salvadoran economist and political analyst César Villalona in a special interview with Orinoco Tribune. “These elections are actually illegal regardless of whether they are legitimized with the participation of the opposition,” he said.

César Villalona is a Salvadoran-Dominican economist with 38 years of experience in economic research and university teaching. He has authored the books Disputas en el CAFTA (Disputes in the Central American Free Trade Agreement), Declive de la Hegemonía de Estados Unidos (Decline of US Hegemony), and La Guerra en Ucrania y el Contexto Internacional (The War in Ukraine and the International Context). Orinoco Tribune spoke to him on Tuesday, January 9, about the political, economic, and social situation in El Salvador a few weeks before the presidential and parliamentary elections in the country, scheduled for February 4.

Illegal elections amid a stagnated economy
The main controversy surrounding the elections is Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s attempt at reelection. When consulted on the reasons, Villalona explained, “The Constitution of El Salvador prohibits continuous re-election. That is, a person can serve as president for five years, but when that period ends, he cannot become president again in the following five years… Bukele should finish his term on the last day of May. On June 1, another government must emerge where he could not be president and he would have to wait for five years.”
 
 
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