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Pro-Bitcoiner Nayib Bukele is expected to run for a second term as El Salvador’s president after exit polls indicate he is likely to run the 2024 Salvadoran general election on Feb. 4 by a wide margin.
Bukele, who leads the “Nueva (New) Ideas” party, reposted an X post from CID Gallup on Feb. 5, showing him his party holding 87% of votes. Should the official results show the same, he would serve as president until 2029.
Nayib Biukele es reelegido como presidente en El Salvador (CID Gallup - Boca de Urna) #EleccionesElSalvador2024 #cidgallup #bocadeurna pic.twitter.com/27LNpVknqj
— CID Gallup (@cidgallup) February 5, 2024
Nayib Bukele has made a name for himself as a supporter of Bitcoin in addition to his brutal crackdown on gang crime ravaging the country. Only seven years ago, El Salvador recorded the highest homicide rate in the world.
Last week, Vice President Félix Ulloa reportedly confirmed Bukele’s Bitcoin strategy wouldn’t change if he were elected, according to a Reuters report on Feb. 1.
Bukele was the mastermind behind making Bitcoin adoption during his first term, making the cryptocurrency legal tender in the country in September 2021.
He has also supported several Bitcoin-based projects in the country, such as the Volcano Bond, which received regulatory approval. by El Salvador’s Digital Assets Commission in December.
It is expected to launch before April, according to the country’s National Bitcoin Office.
El Salvador is also building a tax-free Bitcoin City and issuing passports to investors who contribute the equivalent of $1 million in Bitcoin.
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Bukele’s campaign toward a second term didn’t come without controversy, though.
Several critics, such as Salvadoran lawyer Alfonso Fajardo, have argued the country’s constitution prohibits Bukele from seeking a second consecutive term.
“Today is a good day to remember that immediate presidential re-election is prohibited up to 7 times by the Constitution,” Fajardo said when news broke that Bukele filed paperwork to run again in October.
El Salvador has been touted as potentially becoming the “Singapore of the Americas” by Vaneck strategy adviser Gabor Gurbacs, who expects more investment capital and immigration to flow into the country in the coming years.
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