The former ambassador along with a former Democratic lawmaker referred to the relationship that the Salvadoran government has maintained with that of Donald Trump and detailed how Bukele will have to improve with the new US administration.
Although the former US ambassador to El Salvador, Mari Carmen Aponte, considered that the proximity between the government of Nayib Bukele and that of Donald Trump will not affect the relationship of the Central American president when he assumes the new administration of Joe Biden, noted that Bukele must show signs of change in various aspects such as the fight against corruption, as well as respect for institutionalization and the rule of law.
“It’s a matter of analyzing how Bukele reacts to things that are important within democracy for the United States and in the face of corruption.”, Aponte stressed this Tuesday during the morning interview Republic of channel 33, where he participated via video call with former Democratic legislator of the State of Maryland, Ana Sol Gutiérrez.
According to the ex-diplomat, “After there are clear accounts between the Biden administration and Bukele everything will work out, but this requires changes that we have not yet seen in President Bukele’s administration,” like now “Tolerance against corruption, institutionalization, giving appropriate value to the law, respecting the rule of law as an integral part of the way of governing El Salvador”.
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Former senator Sol Gutierrez, meanwhile, questioned Bukele’s actions in flattering the work of current US President Donald Trump.
“I think President Bukele came close to admiring this strong hand so much that he gave President Trump everything he did in an abusive way of not respecting human rights.”, He expressed.
He added that “history has shown us that Biden is someone who respects human rights and his international policy will be based on this, that the American people have always been a leader and demanded that countries and rulers follow the path. towards democratic institutionalization and that there is much more openness and support for democracy, which remains to be seen still within Bukele’s presidency, “the former legislator said.
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During his speech, the former congressman has argued that “The new government (Biden) has the hand to lead and quarrel in Latin American countries when democracy is not being respected”.
Posture that was seconded by Aponte in commenting that “President Biden will be quite attentive and giving consistent messages about the lack of tolerance for corruption.”
The two former US officials also referred to the projections of an elected northern country government and foreign policy with El Salvador.
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