> For perspective, the previous president of El Salvador is in exile for his alleged role in the embezzlement of $300+ million. All of those cases were discove

> For perspective, the previous president of El Salvador is in exile for his alleged role in the embezzlement of $300+ million. All of those cases were discovered and judged thanks to: a) The separation of the Executive/Legislative/Judicial powers b) The Public Access Information Law. c) The help of independent journalism I don't agree with removing the checks and balances that helped discovered these cases in the first place. The first two a) and b) have been dismantled by the current administration in the past year. The third, c), independent journalism, is constantly under attack from government and allied media outlets and influencers. Just a couple of weeks ago, the Head of Congress told the independent press "to go away". This happened live, on the podium, while presiding a session. Quoting what the Head of Congress said: "Ask for asylum. Get asylum and go way Go away. You don't contribute anything here.... We don't need you. Go away. " Video: https://twitter.com/CronistaOscar/status/1516602424672280579 https://twitter.com/CronistaOscar/status/1516602424672280579 This was around about the same time when congress approved a law that punishes (with prison) certain kinds of reporting about gangs.