The plenary would be open for termination on Monday with the approval of the legislative decree of the $ 109 million loan, the president of the Assembly told a press conference.
UPGRADE. The president of the Legislative Assembly, Mario Ponce, has called the deputies to an extraordinary plenary session for this Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Ponce said that it will be convened for this same day although this could be open and until next Monday they would vote for the approval of the 109 million dollars to finance the third phase of the Territorial Control Plan.
“One of the possibilities that can allow us to take tension away from the situation in the country is that we call a plenary session this day, without addressing any issue, but we leave the ordinary plenary open giving a break so that on Monday we close the plenary approving the legislative decree of the loan of 109 million dollars, ”he said at a press conference.
He noted that efforts are being made to seek dialogue and that he has kept in communication with the different political parties. He also highlighted the work of the Presidential House delegates in an effort to get the country out of tension that has been generated in recent days and seek understandings.
“They have shown will. Our effort is to support the country, ”he said.
The commissioner for the Presidency, Carolina Bernal, for her part denied that there is a crisis “or clash of state powers”, as some sectors have pointed out, on the contrary, she pointed out that the government is working for any situation to be overcome with democracy and dialogue.
Bernal with the private Secretary of the Presidency, Ernesto Castro; and the Minister of Finance, Nelson Fuentes, arrived this afternoon at the Assembly where they met behind closed doors with the fractions of the PNC and WINS.
The official said they had come to the Assembly’s call to review the requested budget for the government security plan.
WIN and PCN ready to answer Bukele’s call
The announcement of the parliamentarian comes after the different parties met during the day to agree if they would attend the convocation of the Council of Ministers held last Thursday.
The PCN and WINS parties confirmed in the afternoon that they would abide by the Council call for Sunday.
In the morning, the president of the Assembly, Mario Ponce, of the PCN, said he was waiting for what the legislative factions decide to convene the Board of Directors and decide if there would be extraordinary plenary this day.
“Each parliamentary group is meeting, the FMLN will meet and ARENA also because we cannot be in our homes, as it may be that there is a plenary or not,” he said.
“Our presence is to say: we are and were ready to vote (for the loan of $ 109 million),” said José Antonio Almendari, of the PCN, downplaying the fact that the call of the Council is unconstitutional or not.
The WIN fraction He has maintained his position and they indicate that they will abide by the call of the Executive. Meanwhile, the deputy Felissa Cristales, ARENA, called on Twitter to Mario Ponce to summon the plenary today.
“We as a parliamentary group are going to accompany the president of the Republic in this plenary session tomorrow, in the Legislative Assembly, while we are fulfilling a legal mandate that also gives us as deputies,” Guadalupe Vásquez, party leader, told a press conference.
Reynaldo Carballo of the PDC also said he is ready to give his vote. The deputy Mario Tenorio, of GANA, said that if tomorrow there are 43 deputies to establish quorum the plenary is established, argues that the fraction of the PCN will be present and Juan José Martel also as well as President Mario Ponce, and argues that the opinion is already .
ARENA asks for OAS intervention
The ARENA party asked the Organization of American States (OAS) to intervene to prevent the breakdown of constitutional order in the country. They also ask for the intervention of the community and international organizations to “put their good offices to strengthen democracy in El Salvador and the development of the Salvadoran people”.
The tricolor party considers that the institutional crisis between Executive and Legislative, is not framed in the non-approval of the $ 109 million, but in the “real threat to democracy, fundamental freedoms, respect for human rights, and break to the Salvadoran constitutional order ”.
The tension is still perceived outside the Parliament where, from early hours, a military deployment is observed, waiting for tomorrow’s session in which Bukele will participate.
American Chamber of Commerce calls Bukele and asks not to involve the Armed Forces in this delicate situation
Following the request made by the President of the Republic to the Council of Ministers to convene an extraordinary plenary, the American Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador, Amcham, said in a statement that this could have a negative impact on the democratic exercise. This is a process that breaks the dialogue and statistical reasoning scheme.
The Chamber called to respect the independence of powers. In addition, the letter emphasizes that calling the insurrection only causes damage to the image of El Salvador to the international community, investors and our fellow man.
President Nayib Bukele He cited on Thursday Article 87 of the Constitution of the Republic to convene the “people” to pronounce against the deputies for not approving the security loan required to start the third phase of the Territorial Control Plan.
Bukele recalled on his Twitter account that the Minister’s Council ordered the deputies to meet to “define, once and for all, their vote on financing” of the security plan.
“Article 167, numeral 7 of our Constitution is clear and does not authorize deputies to add or remove words. They are constitutionally obliged to attend the extraordinary session. If someone breaks the constitutional order, the people have article 87, ”the president tweeted.
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