The Elective trip In The saviourthe actual President Nayib Bukele is considered the favorite candidate. More of Six million Salvadorans are called to vote.
Citizens tend to vote for Nayub Bukele, the president enjoys 90% approval thanks to his tough anti-gang policies.
In any case, it is the first time since the end of the civil war in 1992 that El Salvador is going to the polls with soldiers on the streets in a state of emergency.
After a bloody weekend with 87 murders in March 2022, Bukkele introduced an emergency regime that imprisoned nearly 76,000 people and drastically reduced the number of homicides.
A policy questioned by organizations such as Amnesty International, which denounce arbitrary detentions: more than 7,000 people have been released because of their innocence.
According to local polls, Bukele has a voting intention of 70 to 80%, his opponents Manuel Flores against Farabundo Martà and Joel Sánchez, who have less than 5%. AFP