El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele Invades Parliament To Have His Demand Approved

[Judi Lynn]

Vianne Burog | Feb 10 2020, 08:22PM EST

Soldiers in full battle gear supporting El Salvador President Nayib Bukele stormed El Salvador’s parliament building on Sunday, Feb. 10. The show of force in parliament came as the deadlock between the legislative assembly and Bukele regarding the approval of the proposed loan for the security forces escalated in recent days.

Bukele wants the assembly to ink a $109-million loan for the military to better equip them in their fight against the violent criminal gangs plaguing El Salvador. In a bid to force the lawmakers to sign the loan, Bukele headed into the hearing on Sunday accompanied by armed police and soldiers with automatic weapons and body armor.

The armed forces stood guard for Bukele, who occupied the seat reserved for the president of the congress. Unfortunately, several lawmakers opted not to sit for a debate over the proposed bill so he gave the congress another week to finally back his loan plan.

With no quorum in parliament, Nayib Bukele called on his supporters to storm the parliament building and be back in the streets within a week if the assembly would still refuse to approve the bill. “If we wanted to press the button, we would press the button and remove lawmakers from the legislature,” he told his supporters.

More:
https://www.latintimes.com/el-salvadors-president-nayib-bukele-invades-parliament-have-his-demand-approved-455643



Nayib Bukele and friend.