CISPES: Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador

El 26 de junio, el Fiscal General de El Salvador, Raúl Melara, anunció la apertura de investigaciones hacía altos funcionarios de la administración de Bukele luego de que surgiera información de los medios de comunicación sobre un posible mal uso de fondos públicos durante la respuesta de emergencia ante el COVID-19. A pesar de la reiterada insistencia de los legisladores, la administración de Bukele se ha negado a cumplir con los requisitos de transparencia establecidos por la Asamblea Legislativa destinados a evitar la malversación de fondos públicos.

During a nationally-televised address on June 13, President Nayib Bukele tried to gain public sympathy by telling the population that he had been betrayed by his opponents, who had initially agreed to his quarantine measures and later turned against them. Bukele's revelation came on the heels of a June 11 vote by the Legislative Assembly to override his presidential veto on a law to resume economic activity in El Salvador while maintaining public health measures.