Tag Archives: Asamblea Legislativa

NGOs – New target for the Legislative Assembly?

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   As REUTERS reports: A U.S. State Department report on Central American officials “credibly alleged” to be corrupt includes a member of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s cabinet and a former minister, according to an extract of the document leaked on Monday. (…) Bukele appeared scornful of the State Department list, noting on […]

Nuevas Ideas representatives agree the dismissal of magistrates and General Attorney

DW reports: The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, with a pro-government majority, dismissed on May 1st the proprietary and alternate magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) for allegedly committing “fraud to the constitution” and violating the separation of powers. The first vice president of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador (and former Ministry […]

A tweet from Bukele suspends the Legislative Assembly’s plenary

On Thursday afternoon, with 59 votes, the deputies of the Legislative Assembly overcame the presidential veto to the decree that sought life insurance for health personnel attending the COVID-19 pandemic (X). Decree 620, approved by the Legislative Assembly on April 1st, contemplates the delivery of personal protection supplies to health employees, training to treat patients […]

El Show de Bukele / Bukele’s show

(ORIGINALMENTE PUBLICADO POR UNIVISION)   Bukele’s show On Thursday, February 6, 2020, Bukele announced on his Twitter account that the Council of Ministers agreed to call the deputies to an extraordinary session. Then, he wrote in his social network that if the deputies disobeyed the order, the Salvadoran people had the right to insurrection. The […]