El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly, dominated by President Nayib Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas party, approved sweeping constitutional amendments late Thursday that abolish presidential term limits and permit indefinite reelection. The package passed 57–3 after less than a day of debate. Alongside removing term limits, the reforms extend presidential mandates to six years, scrap run-off elections and move the country’s next general vote forward to 2027 by cutting two years from Bukele’s current five-year term. Lawmaker Ana Figueroa, who sponsored the bill, said the overhaul simply lets Salvadorans decide "how long" they wish to keep a leader in office. Opposition legislators and rights groups condemned the vote. ARENA deputy Marcela Villatoro declared that "democracy has died in El Salvador," while Human Rights Watch argued the country is following the path of Venezuela by concentrating power in the presidency. Bukele, 44, first elected in 2019 and re-elected in 2024 with more than 85% of the vote, has built strong popular support through an aggressive anti-gang campaign that has slashed homicide rates but triggered mass arrests under a prolonged state of emergency. The latest changes still require ratification—an action the same chamber can carry out after earlier procedural tweaks removed the need for a future legislature’s approval.