They have pledged obedience to Bukele when it is due to the Salvadoran people and El Salvador’s constitution.
For nearly 27 years, the National Civil Police and Armed Forces had remained respectful and obedient to the rule of law and the Constitution of the Republic, the first born of the 1992 peace accords, a body with a philosophy inspired by the Carabineros de Chile and other police forces; and the second, completely renovated to serve Salvadorans.
But in a year and a half of Nayib Bukele’s government, both security forces have plunged into their worst historical crisis, to the extent that they have followed illegal orders against the constitution by the president, who has been accused of being authoritarian, not just by critics in El Salvador, as well as representatives of international organizations such as José Vivanco, Executive Director of Human Right Watch for the Americas.
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This denaturalization is reflected in a police and armed forces with functions of a political police, as happens in dictatorial regimes such as in Nicaragua with Daniel Ortega, and in Venezuela with Nicolás Maduro.
Due to the facts, Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, director of the PNC and a soldier who joined the police under a quota set in the peace agreements, is now facing criminal charges for dereliction of duty. Later, other police and military chiefs such as Secretary of Defense René Francis Merino Monroy can follow.
Things to remember
Decrease of assembly
Known as 9F, this event marked the most serious setback in El Salvador’s democracy. Bukele called on the police and armed forces to forcibly seize the facilities of the legislative assembly to request the approval of a millionaire loan for the Territorial Control Plan. The action was rejected nationally and internationally.
Military fences
The National Civil Police and Armed Forces will be commemorated in 2020 by security forces who committed serious human rights violations against Salvadorans. Arbitrary arrests during quarantine for COVID-19 and the military sieges, which, without legal backing, violated the Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador.
Do not follow orders
Acting as a political police force, the police have refused to obey the orders of the prosecution when they had to release closures caused by union members associated with the government blocking the mayor of San Salvador. In addition, he refused to sue the finance minister, Alejandro Zelaya, before the legislative committee investigating government spending.
Refuse files from El Mozote
Armed forces arbitrarily refused to grant access to the military records of the El Mozote massacre. First he did it against the Institute for Access to Information, which blocked him; and more seriously, disregarding an order from a San Francisco Gotera judge investigating the massacre. Block a court order.
Case number 1
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Bukele Critic Intimidation
On several occasions, politicians and opponents of the government, as well as journalists, have denounced persecution and political intimidation by the national civil police and the military. Some have reported tampering with their communications, intimidating surveillance, and even computer theft.
Refuse assistance to the TSE
The National Civil Police was indifferent to the appeal of magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, who, along with associates, were deprived of liberty by New Ideas party sympathizers demanding the registration of candidates for various candidatures. The PNC never came to the rescue despite a connection to the collegiate entity.