El Salvador’s Council of Ministers said it will abide resolution of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice preventing President Nayib Bukele from using army and police to convene an extraordinary session in Parliament.
El Salvador’s Council of Ministers said that it will abide by the resolution of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) that prevents President Nayib Bukele from using the Army and the Police to convene an extraordinary session in the Legislative Assembly.
"We will abide by the order although we do not share what the Constitutional Chamber resolved," the Council said urging the judges' final ruling to take into account the country's security interests.
Although the Council of Ministers insisted that the Executive Branch has been "respectful at all times" of the separation of powers, Bukele kept the Legislative Assembly militarized for 30 hours.
Backed by security forces, he entered Congress on Sunday to start an extraordinary session in which he expected lawmakers to approve a loan for US$109 million to finance his security plan.
Sitting in the chair used by the Assembly president, he tried to start a session that could not be installed since only 20 of the 84 lawmakers participated in this unusual event.
