The access points to the Assembly remain guarded by a strong military device, which includes snipers. More than a thousand police officers concentrated in Centenario Park and then were deployed in the downtown government area.
At least 15 soldiers of the Presidential General Staff and five agents of the National Civil Police guarded the access enabled for the entry of those attending the rally convened by President Nayib Bukele, next to the Central Reserve Bank.
In some buildings of the government center, there were even snipers.
While around one thousand police officers were concentrated around the Centennial Park that were deployed in the area of the government center as part of the security device.
The entire area is kept guarded by security elements.
Two vehicles of national plates, with several soldiers on board, circled the surrounding streets and no less than five troops of soldiers on foot walked along the sidewalks and passages of the Government Center and its surroundings, each with between five and ten troops military
#The Savior Snipers stationed in the buildings of the government center. Surroundings of the @Asa AssemblySV Legislative, they woke up guarded by a strong military device. For today there is a concentration called by Bukele. Video: M. Romero.
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Trucks and vehicles of the General Staff and other government agencies entered and left the place, some guarded by soldiers or police.
Government employees also had access early. The media were restricted from entering until the press unit of the Presidency authorizes it.
Three Led screens are located between the main entrance of the Legislative Assembly and the Alameda Juan Pablo ll, one of them, even over that artery, with a view of the drivers that pass through the area.
Two security guards, with government codes, conduct a review of all who enter and, in addition to the military review, all attendees must go through a metal detector arch and open their bags or suitcases to be registered by security agents private
This Sunday, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights joined the calls for dialogue. And he said that the rule of law in El Salvador must be guaranteed.
Military restricted access to the Assembly for several hours
This morning, El Diario de Hoy requested to enter the point where the concentration will take place and the response of the military was that the press had restricted access until authorized by the Presidential Press Secretariat, without determining a time for That happened.
It was until 11 in the morning that the security elements allowed access to the press to the Assembly area.
Soldiers of the Presidential General Staff guard all access to the San Salvador Government Center that connect with the entrances of the legislative palace and only allowed suppliers of various services to enter the area for the concentration called by President Bukele.
Constitutional Chamber analyzes possible actions under pressure from Bukele to the Assembly
One of the magistrates of the Constitutional Chamber, who asked not to be identified, told El Diario de Hoy that since yesterday the five magistrates of the highest constitutional court are analyzing the actions they can take, after two citizens through an appeal of unconstitutional requested the intervention of that instance Faced with the situation generated.
It is unknown if the magistrates will meet emergency on Sunday because of the situation of violation of the rule of law.
This Sunday, for the fourth consecutive day, the tension between the Assembly and the Executive mantiene, to the point where one of the gates of the legislative building dawned surrounded by soldiers who guarded the installation of a platform with television screens, which will serve as a stage for the citizen concentration that President Bukele has called invoking article 87 of the Constitution related to the “insurrection”, to pressure the deputies to approve a loan of $ 109 million in an extraordinary plenary for the Third Phase of the Territorial Control Plan.
Yesterday, the FMLN and ARENA they maintained their position of not participating in today’s extraordinary session, called by the Council of Ministers for emergency, so that the loan required by the Bukele government is approved once and for all.
While the PCN and WINS reiterated their willingness to support The credit that the government asks and they assured that this day they will attend the convocation of the Council of Ministers.
On Saturday night the president of the Legislative Assembly, Mario Ponce, of the PCN, summoned the ordinary plenary to the deputies to leave it open and continue discussing the loan guarantee on Monday. Ponce advocated resolving the “tension with dialogue.”
The US Ambassador in El Salvador, Ronald Johnson advocated Saturday for the dialogue. “I believe in the democratic spirit that lives in all Salvadorans and I am convinced that the best way to resolve conflicts is reasonable dialogue and mutual respect,” he wrote in his Twitter account.
On the other hand, constitutional lawyers warned that Bukele would be committing the crime of “sedition” by militarizing the entry of the Legislative Parliament. “That (the president’s call to the insurrection) would be listed as sedition. I do not say that it has fallen, but it is dangerously on the razor’s edge, ”said the former magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice, René Hernández Valiente.
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