Posted on 02/10/2021 6:49:06 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Opposition lawmakers in El Salvador on Tuesday proposed starting a process that could lead to the removal of President Nayib Bukele from office just two weeks before his party is widely expected to win a majority in legislative elections.
El Salvador’s historical parties from the left and right appeared poised to unite against Bukele who ran an outsider’s campaign that carried him to the presidency less than two years ago. He maintains broad popular support, but has battled against the opposition-controlled legislature at every turn.
“We’re either facing a criminal or a nut; we’re facing a deranged person who is lacking the faculties to do the job,” said Deputy Ricardo Velásquez Parker, a lawmaker from the conservative Nation Republican Alliance party, or ARENA. Velásquez proposed invoking a provision in the constitution that would allow for Bukele's removal if he's found to be physically or mentally unfit.
He accused Bukele of sowing hate and cited the Jan. 31 killing of two people leaving a Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, or FMLN, rally. Three guards working for the Health Ministry were arrested in connection with the killings.
Bukele, 39, quickly responded via Twitter, calling it an attempted coup in the run-up to national elections.
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Gee, sounds very familiar.....................
Sure does
Gee, sounds very familiar.....................
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Exactly! When you’re not invited to the Club the first thing they do is try to oust you by any means possible!
Democracy is dying everywhere... in the open
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