San Salvador, El Salvador: Following several protests against El Salvador’s government, the legislature, dominated by President Nayib Bukeles’ party, has banned mass gatherings to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but allowed sporting and cultural events. given a discount.
That apparent contradiction has led opposition activists to accuse Bukele of banning the protests, while leaving other potentially super-spreader incidents untouched.
This is clearly a decree disguised as a coronavirus prevention measure, but which is actually aimed at a kind of gathering,” said Johnny Wright Soul, MLA of the opposition party Our Time.
The Bukeles New Ideas party pushed through Congress late on Wednesday to push a 45-day ban, arguing that protests would still be allowed with social distancing, full vaccinations and face masks.
Bukele, who this week changed his Twitter description to jokingly for the Emperor of El Salvador, reacted with his usual sarcastic style to the allegations on Thursday, asking when we banned the march, you clown?
Protesters in El Salvador have demonstrated against Bukele’s undemocratic tendencies and his enthusiasm to promote the cryptocurrency bitcoin. The president has mocked those concerns, at one point changing his Twitter profile description to the world’s best dictator.
Earlier this year, Bukele’s party replaced five members of the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Chamber and an independent attorney general, who had blocked many of Bukele’s earlier actions.
Shortly thereafter, the Constitutional Chamber set the stage for what was long interpreted as a constitutional ban on consecutive presidential elections, potentially for Bukele to seek a second term in 2024. Bukele has yet to announce plans for reelection, but critics believe he will.
The populist president elected in 2019 has maintained high popularity with his pledge to end corruption in the country’s traditional parties.
But Bukele surprised many in the country and around the world with his announcement last summer that bitcoin would become legal tender in El Salvador alongside the US dollar. The president partly sold this plan for Salvadorans living abroad in the US to send their families home more cheaply. It also made him the darling of the bitcoin world.
But the launch has been rocky. The digital wallet Salvadorans were expected to use to perform basic transactions was a messy rollout. Some users said they just want the $30 that the government offers as an incentive. There remains concern that the digital currency, which is not controlled by any government, would invite criminal activity.
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