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.