Juan González, chief adviser for the White House region, reiterated that the United States has “a strong affinity for El Salvador,” adding that it will be the State Department that will rule and take action in the with respect to the decision of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court imposed by officialdom.
Juan González, the main adviser for the White House region, sees with concern the latest events in El Salvador after the Supreme Court of Justice, dominated by magistrates imposed by officialdom, issued a ruling in what opens the road to re-election to a new presidential term for Nayib Bukele.
In an interview with Voice of America, The senior official said that the United States must respond to this initiative that comes to break democracy and institutionalization in El Salvador. González pointed out that the State Department will be the one to rule and that it could take action in this regard.
“Obviously we have various elements, visas, sanctions and there are other tools,” he said in reference to possible sanctions. He also described the Supreme Court’s decision as signals that are quite worrying and “we must respond”.
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He further reiterated that the United States has “a great affinity with El Salvador,” but sees with concern how institutions are being broken, which cannot be ignored.
“We need to ensure that any initiative here in the United States, Mexico, or El Salvador is within an institutional framework that respects the democratic values that form the characteristic and consensus we have in this hemisphere,” he ruled.
On September 3, the tax magistrates issued a resolution ordering the TSE to allow a person who holds the presidency of the Republic and has not been President in the immediately preceding period to participate in the electoral contest for a second time, flattening thus the possibility of a presidential re-election of Bukele for the period 2024-2029.
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Constitutionalist lawyers and legal experts have described the decision as something “dark” that is part of a “sudden” structure that has been set up in the current government, as it has generated rejection and concern from various sectors and international organizations.
With information from Voice of America