El Salvador's President Defies Constitution to Seek Reelection

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has registered to run for reelection next year, despite objections from legal experts and opposition figures who say the country’s constitution prohibits his candidacy. Bukele’s New Ideas party announced his registration and that of Vice President Félix Ulloa via Twitter Monday. Bukele's approval ratings are running above 80% in many polls, following a reduction in crime stemming from his harsh-but-popular crackdown on gangs. Constitutional lawyers, however, have maintained that Bukele’s candidacy would violate at least four articles of the constitution.