Naib Bukele’s party takes control of legislature amid allegations of voter fraud
New ideas, re-elected Bitcoin (BTC) ruling party of Salvadoran President Naib Booke, secured top seats in the country's legislature.
In the year On February 20, El Salvador's election watchdog reported that the New Ides party had won 54 of the 60 legislative chambers, giving Bukele political leverage to push his agenda. The results are part of the national elections held on February 4. Bukele claimed victory before the official results were announced on February 5, indicating that the New Idea Party had won 58 seats instead of 54.
El Salvador – Legislative Council (60/60)
⚪ New Ideas – 54 ARENA – 2PCN – 2VAMOS – 1PDC – 1
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— DatoWorld (@DatosAme24) February 19, 2024
While the president claimed victory in the legislature, the opposition is calling for the results to be annulled, saying voters were rigged. Vamos, Nuestro Tiempo and the Nationalist Republican Alliance are reported to have found 69 “abnormalities” in the electoral process. Farabundo Marti's National Liberation Front party has made similar allegations of fraud and voter fraud.
Bukele started his career in June 2019 as one of the only global leaders to officially support cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The Salvadoran government called for BTC to be accepted as legal tender in September 2021, with the New Idea party dominating the government.
Self-proclaimed “the world's best dictator”, Buccele has faced reports of human rights abuses in El Salvador as he attempts to control gang violence and killings. In the year March 2023 United Nations Report El Salvador It has implemented “mass incarceration” since 2022, he said, with many people dying in prison or being otherwise mistreated.
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During Buccele's tenure, El Salvador's Supreme Court changed the rules to allow a president to serve two consecutive terms instead of waiting 10 years for re-election. Buccele left office in December 2023 to focus on his campaign, leaving Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara to serve as acting president until June 2024.
Buckele will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on February 22. The gathering will include members of the US Republican Party's far right, Argentina's President Javier Millay, former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and former-U.S. President Donald Trump.
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