SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador.- The strained relationship between private enterprise and government Here’s to see it now extends to the Constituent Assembly, where the current president maintains absolute control.
Just two days ago Salvadoran Banking Association (ABANSA), the organization that brings together the financial sector, issued an invitation to the chair of the Committee on Financial Affairs, Dania Abigail González Rauda, To set a working meeting and the response could not be worse.
Indeed, ABANSA sent a note on August 19 to González Rauda in which they explain that “the Board of Directors of Abansa, composed of 11 private banks in the country, invites you and three other members of the Commission that you consider to a “breakfast or lunch” for the purpose of “establishing cordial relations and conversing on matters of interest to the financial system and the country.”
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And the note adds that the economic development and well-being of the population require the commitment of all sectors, so we consider the dialogue with you to be of great importance, in order to promote greater financial inclusion in El Salvador.
However, the invitation of the financial system received a scathing response from the parliamentarian on social media, which further raises the level of confrontation.
“I want it to be extremely clear, the Legislative Assembly of the Savior she stopped being corporate, she is now a citizen, “says a message written by Commission President Dania Abigail González.
“I don’t have to go to breakfast with the banks, I am responsible for the financial justice of this country and I am committed to being a transparent legislator,” she stresses.
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And he concludes: Before, I make the calls, in front of cameras and in front of my boss (the Salvadoran people), you are already on the agenda of the Financial Commission and not to make laws tailored to you, wait for the invitation “.
The government of President Bukele is in the eye of the hurricane by showing anti-democratic attitudes first in the ‘ dismiss from the Assembly in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice and also in the Attorney General. All were replaced by supporters of the ruler.
This decision caused a stir in the international community and the United States has managed to punish some collaborators close to the president.