Cálix also stood out as a career diplomat. He died of cardiac arrest while in Chalatenango.
Eduardo Cálix, former vice chancellor and current director of protocol of the Legislative Assembly, died this Wednesday, as confirmed by Xenia Romero, head of parliamentary press. The Assembly’s communications management also confirmed the death.
Lawyer and notary, Cálix he also excelled as a career diplomat. He died of a heart attack while in Chalatenango.
Reactions from the Assembly were not long in coming, given the death of the current head of protocol.
The general secretary of the PCN, Manuel Rodríguez, stated: “Definitely very sorry because a professional who knew the area of protocol and foreign relations is quite a loved one, so I tell him honestly it is a loss for the country. “.
While Rodolfo Parker, a member of the PDC, also noted that Cálix will be remembered as a great professional: “I am sincerely sorry, as he has been an excellent person and an excellent professional, both things, yes that we have had a great loss with his death. “
“I am very sad, I really can’t understand the death of this great man, of this great human being, of this great Salvadoran patriot, we went to the Chancellery, a man who leaves the Savior a lot in matters of foreign policy “, lamented the deputy Margarita Escobar, from ARENA, who worked alongside Cálix as vice-chancellor of the Republic.
Cálix’s experience in protocol was also evident in the preparations for the inauguration of the current Government, in June 2019. In April of this year, Cálix spoke with El Diari d’Avui about which involved a handover ceremony in an open venue, such as Plaza Gerardo Barris. Here you can read this interview: Eduardo Cálix: “We have no previous experience of command transmission in an open place”