José Miguel Vivanco, director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch, states that with Biden’s new administration, the party will end for President Bukele, as he was approved by Donald Trump’s administration and the United States Ambassador to the country. .
José Miguel Vivanco, director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch, states that President Nayib Bukele will end the party when the new Joe Biden administration joins on January 20, regarding the fact that during Donald Trump’s administration and with the silence , and in some cases the applause, from US Ambassador to El Salvador, Ronald Johnson, the president felt he had a free hand to “go on doing and undoing.”
The human rights defender points out that with Democrats’ scrutiny in the House and Senate, it will be possible to effectively slow down President Bukele so that he does not continue to destroy democratic institutions as he has done.
Regarding the next elections, he says he hopes they will take place with transparency, freedom and credibility.
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“We will continue to monitor the situation in El Salvador closely because we must prevent El Salvador from becoming a dictatorship. I insist that it is a democracy that has a caudillo like Bukele, but has so far shown great consistency in its democratic institutions in defense of the values that protect the political constitution, ”says Vivanco.
He believes President Bukele took advantage of the pandemic to concentrate power and weaken the weights and restrictions of democracy in El Salvador, in addition to laughing at the statements of the Constitutional Chamber where the pandemic is like a ring come to the finger.
That, unlike Nicaragua, there is no dictatorship in El Salvador, despite the fact that President Bukele is making extraordinary efforts to transform the country into his personal dictatorship.
“The surprise of El Salvador is that despite being a young democracy, it has shown that it has an independent judiciary, with Supreme Court magistrates who have had the courage, courage and integrity to defend the Constitution”, Vivanco says.
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He adds that there are also political parties, authorities like the prosecution service that could be stronger and more active, but have a significant degree of autonomy.
“I would like it to be much more active in defense, investigating crimes of state abuse, not only in human rights but also in areas such as corruption,” said the human rights defender.
It states that in El Salvador there is a very strong society, a private sector that is active and defends the values of an open and democratic society.
“I think the track hit Mister Bukele hard by choosing Biden. Biden knows Central America very well and has been very well advised about the fragility of the democratic system and the need to strengthen democratic institutions, especially in Central America and in El Salvador in particular, ”said Vivanco.