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Re: El Salvador has become the first country to make #Bitcoin legal tender! 🇸🇻
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DdmrDdmr
on 12/01/2023, 15:23:09 UTC
⭐ Merited by JayJuanGee (1) ,Hispo (1)
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A recent survey showed Bukele currently well ahead in voting intent for the upcoming, yet far away, 2024 presidential elections (Presidents have a 5 year mandate in El Salvador), with 49,3% of those that participated in the survey claiming that they’d vote for Bukele’s political party. The survey shows the opposition to be fairly out of sight, though a 44,1% did not indicate a specific party (undeceive or else).

It’s still early in the game, and a lot can happen in a year, but right now, it seems as if Bukele has got a clear advantage towards re-election, which should keep bitcoin in the agenda in a positive sense. The long-term situation (6 years or so down the road) is now unpredictable though.

Bukele announced last September his intent to run for re-election, not without controversy on the matter derived from some legal issues and how these have apparently been overcome, allowing him to postulate for the 2024 elections.

See (GT from Spanish):
https://www-laprensagrafica-com.translate.goog/lpgdatos/LPG-Datos--Nuevas-Ideas-arranca-como-favorito-en-eleccion-20221213-0101.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=es&_x_tr_pto=wapp

See also how the Parliament is structured in terms of forces to date:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_El_Salvador