Sep
Politics
Bukele seeking to change the constitution of El Salvador
EFE and La Prensa Grafica report that president Nayib Bukele has designated Vice-president Félix Ulloa to study and coordinate proposals to reform the Constitution of El Salvador.
The appointment appears registered in the Official Gazette, dated September 1, 2020 and is posted on the institution’s website under agreement 295.
According to what is read, the vice president will have all the powers to study, analyze and discuss possible reforms and, in addition, will have extensive legal powers and a team to support him in that work. It is stated that such position will be exercised Ad-honorem.
Conan Castro also reportedly worked ad-honorem.
In order to reform our current Constitution, an ordinary majority in the Legislative Assembly (43 congresspeople) must vote in favor of such changes, but they must also be ratified by a qualified majority (56 votes) in the following legislature.
Article 248 of the Constitution states that “In no case the articles of this Constitution that refer to the system of government, territory and alternation in the exercise of the Presidency will be able to be reformed”.
