President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has sanctioned and signed the Particular Legislation for Municipal Restructuring, set to scale back the variety of municipalities within the nation from 262 to 44.

The president took to Twitter to announce the signing of the regulation, emphasizing the historic nature of this vital administrative reform.

The laws was authorized by a powerful majority of the unicameral Legislative Meeting late on Tuesday night time, with a vote of 67 in favor, 15 in opposition to, and two absentees from the whole 84 deputies.

Bukele, who introduced the proposal at a solemn session of the Legislative Meeting, hailed the choice.

He’s presently in his fourth 12 months of a five-year time period that concludes on June 1, 2024.

The restructuring comes lower than eight months earlier than the presidential and legislative elections slated for February 4, 2024, and one month earlier than the municipal and Central American Parliament (Parlacen) elections scheduled for March 3.

Together with the restructuring regulation, deputies prolonged the deadline by 15 days for political events to conduct inner elections for candidate choice, initially due on July 5.

Most political events have acknowledged that they’re adjusting their schedules to conduct these votes, together with these for the Legislative Meeting.

It’s price noting that the Meeting’s seats have been trimmed from 84 to 60 as a result of amendments within the Electoral Code, authorized by parliament earlier in July.

Each the municipal restructuring and the discount of meeting seats will come into full impact on Might 31, 2024, when newly elected deputies, mayors, and municipal councils assume their places of work.