When asked to hold a press conference during the election silence, Bukele avoided giving a clear answer. In addition, he attacked EST magistrates.
The President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, held a press conference on Sunday afternoon, a few hours after the polls closed, proselytizing on election day.
Bukele asked the population to go out and vote in the last hours before the polling stations start at 5:00 in the afternoon. However, he mentioned an electoral slogan to guide the vote.
The president said there was a greater influx of voters on February 28 and called on the people to vote for government-related parties, despite the electoral silence.
MINUTE BY MINUTE: the influx of Salvadorans into the polling stations a few minutes after the polls close, the most relevant on election day
Let’s carry out that “tender operation” in the remaining few hours, Bukele said at a conference, ignoring the electoral law.
Article 184 of the Electoral Code provides that “no official may take advantage of his position to engage in partisan politics.” While Article 175 of the same law provides: “Political parties (…) and individuals are prohibited from making propaganda during the three days before the election and on election day itself.”
However, when asked to hold a press conference during the electoral silence provided by the Electoral Code, Bukele avoided giving a clear answer and limited himself to saying: with badges) they do not ask them ”.
In turn, the vice-president of the National Executive Council (COENA) stated through his Twitter account that Bukele made a fraudulent speech using the state apparatus to ask for votes for New Ideas and that he will hold a press conference on election day. to violate the Salvadoran state.
Bukele also appealed to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) for alleged irregularities presented earlier in the day.
According to the president, the delay in providing accreditations to members of the voting councils (JRVs) representing parties such as Nuevas Ideas and CD are irregularities that have not occurred before.
U.S. Embassy Affairs Officer Brendan O’Brien said this morning that his government supports fair, transparent and peaceful elections.
“It is important not to say that there is fraud where there is no fraud. It is important to wait for the results and I believe that democracy will decide for the Salvadorans “, O’Brien asked.
He also said that you have to wait patiently for the results. “Elections in which all votes count are vital. What we want to see is patience in this process. Sometimes the results take time, “said O’Brien.
You may be interested: The United States asks not to say that there is fraud where it does not exist
President Nayib Bukele arrived with his wife, Gabriela de Bukele, to vote this afternoon at the center on El Hipódromo Boulevard. He did not make any statements in that place. In addition, during this activity, the security of the presidency attacked a photojournalist from El Diario de Hoy, while other colleagues were prevented from approaching and were blocked from asking questions to the president.