El Salvador lawmakers sack top prosecutor, Supreme Court judges
The new parliament in El Salvador started its work by ousting Supreme Court judges and the attorney general, with rivals of populist leader Nayib Bukele decrying a "coup."
President's Bukele's supporters now hold an overwhelming majority in the parliament
El Salvador parliament on Sunday dismissed the attorney general and top judges it deemed hostile to the country's populist President Nayib Bukele.
The five ousted judges were the most powerful jurists on the 15-member court. The body is among the few remaining checks on Bukele's rule.
Ruling party lawmakers accused the judges and prosecutor of lacking independence and impeding the government's strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic.