Havana, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel today congratulated his Salvadoran counterpart Nayib Bukele on his reelection for a second term in office in that Central American nation.
In the social network X, the president of the Caribbean island wished Bukele success in the new administration and ratified the will of the Cuban side to move forward in strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.
The candidate of the New Ideas party achieved last Sunday an overwhelming victory over the rest of the contending political forces, which will make him the first Salvadoran president elected for a second consecutive term.
According to Bukele himself, in a speech from the National Palace after the first results of the elections were known, his option would have won the presidency of the country with 85 percent of votes.
Likewise, Nuevas Ideas also won the Legislative Assembly with 58 of the 60 deputies to the nation’s parliament, which consolidates its power to continue promoting economic and social transformations in that nation.
Numerous governments such as Mexico, China, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, and Uruguay, among others, congratulated Nayib Bukele for his victory in the elections, which still generates controversy among his adversaries.
Since 1983, the current Salvadoran Constitution prohibits immediate presidential reelection, but an interpretation by judges of the Constitutional Chamber of the judiciary in that country gave the green light to the possibility of consecutive reelection of the president.
(Taken from PL)
