A. M. 
Courtesy
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved an amendment to article 248 of the Constitution, allowing a single legislature to modify the Magna Carta without the need to wait for ratification in a new legislative period. With 57 votes in favor, the pro-government deputies promoted this amendment, which changes the constitutional reform process in the country.
Before the amendment, any change to the Constitution had to be approved by a simple majority in one legislature and then ratified by a two-thirds vote in the following Legislative Assembly. With the approved reform, the same legislature will be able to ratify the changes with a three-fourths vote of the elected deputies (45 out of 60), eliminating the wait for a new legislative period.
Despite this amendment, Article 248 maintains restrictions on certain fundamental issues. Under no circumstances may the articles that establish the form and system of government, the territory of the Republic and the alternation of the Presidency of the Republic be reformed.
This legislative change opens the door to several reforms promoted by the government of Nayib Bukele and his party, including the elimination of the political debt. This proposal seeks that political parties no longer receive funds from the State for their electoral campaigns, promoting their self-financing.
The measure has generated debate among political sectors and constitutionalists. However, the pro-government deputies defend the decision as a mechanism to speed up necessary changes in the Constitution without depending on new legislative periods.
