Bukele's Legislative Assembly Ousts Supreme Court Magistrates and Attorney General

<p>In its first day in office, the new Legislative Assembly controlled by Nayib Bukele's party set aside constitutionally-mandated procedures in removing five magistrates from the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Chamber, as well as the attorney general, and replacing them with party loyalists. The magistrates removed yesterday by the Assembly issued a resolution declaring the move unconstitutional, but Bukele mocked them on social media even as police officers escorted the newly-elected judges to their offices. Domestic experts and the political opposition have called the moves a technical coup d’etat.</p> <p>(<a href="/es/202105/el_salvador/25451/Bukele-usa-a-la-nueva-Asamblea-para-tomar-control-de-la-Sala-de-lo-Constitucional-y-la-Fiscal%C3%ADa.htm">Leer en español</a>)</p>

Jimmy Alvarado Sergio Arauz* Roxana Lazo