With nine days left before the deadline for political parties to conclude their internal processes of candidate selection, NI ended its own this Sunday with the ratification of president Nayib Bukele as its candidate to the polls, Diario El Salvador highlighted.
In a way, according to experts, this gives the ruling party more time to prepare itself for the general elections of 2024 against its opponents, who in some cases are still struggling in the search for unitary formulas.
Dora Esmeralda Martínez, president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), reminded the groups that have not yet made their internal elections that this process must end on July 20.
The main opposition parties, Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (Arena), Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) and Nuestros Tiempos, are about to advance and conclude their electoral processes. One aspect to take into account in these internal elections is that the parties must consider that it is a requirement that 30% of their candidates for the February 4, 2024 elections be women, the gender quota for the Legislative Assembly, the Central American Parliament and municipal councils, according to the president of the TSE.
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