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Removal of Salvadoran judges, prosecutor unconstitutional, U.S. special envoy says
By Nelson Renteria
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – The U.S. special envoy for Central America met El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, during a visit to reiterate that Washington considers the recent removal of top judges and the attorney general to be unconstitutional.
Ricardo Zuniga, the special envoy for Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, said he had a “cordial meeting” with Bukele on Tuesday after seeing senior congressional lawmakers.
“Our point of view is that the decision of May 1 was not in accordance with the law, nor with the constitution, nor with the legal procedure of the constitution,” Zuniga said in a news conference in San Salvador, the capital.
He warned that a lack of judicial independence would affect the investment climate in the country and said he would discuss “next steps” with the White House, State Department and U.S. Congress on his return to Washington.
More:
https://www.metro.us/removal-of-salvadoran-judges/