When asked to hold a press conference during the electoral silence, Bukele avoided giving a straight answer. In addition, he attacked the TSE magistrates.
The President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, held a press conference this Sunday afternoon, a few hours after polls closed, with converts on election day.
Bukele called on the population to vote in the last few hours before the voting centers start closing at 5:00 PM. However, he called an electoral esolgan to guide the vote.
The president said there has been a greater influx of voters on Feb. 28 and called on the population to vote for parties linked to the government, despite electoral silence.
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Let’s run that “auction operation” in the few hours remaining, Bukele said at a conference, ignoring electoral law.
Article 184 of the Election Law states that “no official may use his position to engage in party politics.” While Article 175 of the same law states: “Political parties (…) and natural persons are prohibited from making propaganda during the three days prior to the election and on the day of the election itself.”
However, when Bukele was questioned for holding a press conference during the electoral silence commanded by the electoral law, he avoided a straight answer and limited himself to the words: “I have complied with the law, but those who wear coats (with badges) have not they ask them ”.
The Vice-President of the National Executive Council (COENA), for his part, confirmed through his Twitter account that Bukele has made a fraud speech using the state apparatus to request votes for New Ideas, and that he will hold a press conference on the day of the election is to violate the Salvadoran state.
Likewise, Bukele attacked the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) for alleged irregularities presented at the start of the day.
According to the president, the delay in handing over login details to the members of the Voting Receiving Boards (JRV) representing parties like Nuevas Ideas and CD are irregularities that did not occur before.
The Charge d’Affaires of the US embassy, Brendan O’Brien, assured this morning that his government supports fair, transparent and peaceful elections.
“The important thing is not to say that there is fraud where there is no fraud. It’s important to wait for the results and I think democracy will decide for Salvadorans, ”asked O’Brien.
He also argued that you should wait patiently for the results. “The election where all votes count is crucial. What we want to see is patience in the process. Sometimes results take time, ”said O’Brien.
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President Nayib Bukele arrived with his wife, Gabriela de Bukele, to cast the vote this afternoon in downtown El Hipódromo Boulevard. He made no statements at that place. In addition, during this activity, Presidency security attacked a photojournalist from El Diario de Hoy, while other colleagues were unable to approach and ask questions of the President.