Capturing more ex-officials is a “political hunt,” the FMLN says

The FMLN has described the capture of nine former officials of the government of Salvador Sánchez Cerén as “political hunting”, including the former Minister of Justice and Security, Mauricio Ramírez Landaverde, last Thursday.

“This political hunt is part of the campaign of hatred, discredit, attack on critical voices, opposition and resistance of a country that rejects populist, authoritarian and tax measures such as Bitcoin, abuse, lack of transparency and corruption of officialdom, “reacted Oscar Ortiz, secretary general of the FMLN.

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The Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered the capture of Ramírez Landaverde, of the ex-minister Raúl Antonio López; the director of Penitentiary Centers, Marc Tulio Lima, and another 6 ex-officials to be accused of embezzlement, arbitrary acts, bribery and ideological falsity when they integrated and handled the oenagé Asocambio, and by means of which they administered the contributions of the families of the defendants, and that they would have diverted them for their benefit, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.

The deputy for the FMLN, Anabelle Belloso, defended that Asocambio was created in the previous management to order the penitentiary shops, that everything was done under the law and the observance of the international community. He said the capture was to “try to raise distractors that keep people from continuing to question the current government’s conduct,” of which he said he has shown no vocation to make his duties transparent or to investigate his designated officials as possible. corruption.

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