Pursuit of Justice: NDI Support for the Selection of Honest Judges and Prosecutors in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador
Friday, May 21, 2021 On May 1, just a few hours after opening its first session, El Salvador’s newly elected legislature summarily dismissed and reappointed a new attorney general and all five judges in the Supreme Court’s constitutional chamber. Having won a super-majority in the new legislature, President Bukele was quick to tweet his support for the removals, which he characterized as a “housecleaning” and punctuated with five clapping hand emojis. International condemnation was equally swift: the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers stressed that "de...
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