Congress members voted overwhelmingly against a petition filed by women's rights activists, who had challenged laws that make terminating pregnancy illegal in all cases.
El artículo 18 del proyecto de Ley General de Recursos Hídricos fue el detonante para que saltaran a la luz pública las gigantescas diferencias que existen entre los diputados oficialistas y los de oposición en cuanto a la discusión de la ley diseñada por el gobierno. La propuesta gubernamental fue la única aceptada por los diputados del oficialismo de la comisión legislativa de Medio Ambiente y Cambio Climático. El presidente Nayib Bukele les dio de plazo hasta el 15 de septiembre de 2021 para aprobarla. Este jueves se pudo observar los efectos de la presión que recae sobre los hombros de los diputados de la bancada cyan, al no poder cumplir con el plazo que les había impuesto Bukele para aprobar la ley. VER: Proyecto de ley de Agua del gobierno no contiene ningún artículo que proteja a los consumidores del agua potable La discusión se ha alargado y hasta ayer solo se logró tener acuerdo en 26 artículos de más de 160 que tiene la propuesta del Ejecutivo. En el marco d
By Nelson Renteria
SAN SALVADOR, June 30 (Reuters) - Lawmakers in El Salvador on Wednesday voted to keep the head of the Supreme Court in place for three more years and appointed five new justices, triggering concerns that President Nayib Bukele is shoring up a bid to consolidate power.
Bukele s New Ideas (NI) party and its allies hold a super-majority in Congress, where lawmakers have now appointed 10 court judges in less than two months.
Supreme Court President Oscar Lopez was first appointed last month, just as Bukele s legislative allies abruptly ousted five judges as well as the attorney general.
The move that was harshly criticized by the United States and international rights groups as a dangerous power grab.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Congress of El Salvador, with a large pro-government majority, approved and ratified this Tuesday, May 11, loans for US$730 million, including US$109 million to finance the third phase of the government security plan that confronted the last legislature and the Executive.
The loan was approved less than a month before the new Legislative Assembly, with a large pro-government majority, will take office (Photo internet reproduction)
The loans were voted without further discussion in the Treasury and Special Budget Committee and the plenary of the Legislative body.
Among these loans, there is one for US$109 million for which President Nayib Bukele lobbied in February 2020, as he acknowledged, with the entry into the Legislative Assembly of military and police armed with assault rifles.