Right-wing opposition MPs on Tuesday demanded that a parliamentary committee say “Mental incapacity” Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, a year after he invaded Parliament with the assistance of the army, and twenty days before the legislative elections for which opinion polls favor the president’s supporters.
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MP Ricardo Velasquez, from the ARENA party (right), invoking the Constitution, asked the Political Committee of the Parliament to “Declare the mental incapacity of President Nayib Bukele”. President Bukele denounced in a Tweet a “Coup attempt only days away from a democratic election for which all (opinion) surveys say more than 80% (of current MPs) will lose their seats”, during the election of February 28. According to the opposition MP, the head of state has shown signs “Notorious” d’«mental incapacity “, through “Hate speech, through its intolerance and attacks”. “Either we are facing a delinquent, or facing a madman, an insane person who does not have the mental faculties to perform his duties”, he said.
According to the Constitution, deputies can “By a two-thirds vote declare the president’s physical or mental incapacity”. If the Political Committee of the Parliament accedes to this request, five doctors appointed by the deputies will be responsible for evaluating the mental health of the Head of State. The opposition, formed by ARENA and the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN, left), has the 56 votes needed to approve the motion. As for the Political Committee of Parliament, it is made up of 10 opposition MPs and three supporters of the President. The request from the parliamentary right comes on the anniversary of President Bukele’s irruption, on February 9, 2020, into Parliament with the support of military and riot police armed with assault rifles.
President Bukele intended to pressure Parliament to approve a loan to finance his plan to fight organized crime. He had threatened to dissolve Parliament but gave it up after a short silent prayer. On Tuesday, demonstrators – including students, trade unionists, and women’s rights and environmental organizations – commemorated the event by demanding that the president not repeat “Never again” to involve the army against Parliament. Signs brandished by the demonstrators denounced in particular “Nayib the dictator”. “The military must never set foot in the Legislative Assembly again, Bukele must never again imagine making an attempted coup, because we young people will not allow it”a student told reporters, his face covered by a black scarf.
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