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First, El Salvador is not a dictatorship. President Bukele and his party won in a free election and everyone expects he will win re-eelection in 2024. Second,

First, El Salvador is not a dictatorship. President Bukele and his party won in a free election and everyone expects he will win re-eelection in 2024. Second, no branch of government has been eliminated. What happened is that his party impeached the justices on their supreme court, replacing them with justices from his party. In fact, "packing" the court, the same thing leftists are urging the Democrats to do in the USA. Third, the claim that the IMF does not lend to dictators is obviously untrue.

pavlov 4y ago
If either party in the US somehow managed to impeach the entire Supreme Court and replace the judges with partisans, it sounds fair to say that a branch of government has been eliminated. Didn’t Bukele also declare martial law? That’s another traditional tool on the way to a dictatorship.
- el-salvador 4y ago
  And also forced retirement for experienced officials in many government instutions, including the Ministry of Education [1], Judges [2], and Police [3]. [1] https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Sindicato-de-docentes-rechaza-modalidad-de-pago-de-compensacion-por-retiro-voluntario-20220317-0050.html https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Sindicato-de-doce... [2] https://m.dw.com/es/el-salvador-m%C3%A1s-de-200-jueces-cesados-deben-dejar-su-cargo-en-dos-d%C3%ADas/a-59268528 https://m.dw.com/es/el-salvador-m%C3%A1s-de-200-jueces-cesad... [3] https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Cuestionan-retiro-obligatorio-en-PNC-20220401-0073.html https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Cuestionan-retiro...
defgeneric 4y ago
This is correct. The Nuevas Ideas party led by Bukele simply demolished FMLN and ARENA and rightly so.
el-salvador 4y ago
> President Bukele and his party won in a free election and everyone expects he will win re-eelection in 2024. Does the Salvadoran constitution allow immediate reelection? Has that changed recently? If so, by whom?

pavlov 4y ago

If either party in the US somehow managed to impeach the entire Supreme Court and replace the judges with partisans, it sounds fair to say that a branch of government has been eliminated. Didn’t Bukele also declare martial law? That’s another traditional tool on the way to a dictatorship.

el-salvador 4y ago
And also forced retirement for experienced officials in many government instutions, including the Ministry of Education [1], Judges [2], and Police [3]. [1] https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Sindicato-de-docentes-rechaza-modalidad-de-pago-de-compensacion-por-retiro-voluntario-20220317-0050.html https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Sindicato-de-doce... [2] https://m.dw.com/es/el-salvador-m%C3%A1s-de-200-jueces-cesados-deben-dejar-su-cargo-en-dos-d%C3%ADas/a-59268528 https://m.dw.com/es/el-salvador-m%C3%A1s-de-200-jueces-cesad... [3] https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Cuestionan-retiro-obligatorio-en-PNC-20220401-0073.html https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Cuestionan-retiro...

defgeneric 4y ago

This is correct. The Nuevas Ideas party led by Bukele simply demolished FMLN and ARENA and rightly so.

el-salvador 4y ago

> President Bukele and his party won in a free election and everyone expects he will win re-eelection in 2024. Does the Salvadoran constitution allow immediate reelection? Has that changed recently? If so, by whom?