The UN requires the Bukele government to respect the law in handling the COVID-19 pandemic | News from El Salvador

In addition, the United Nations expressed its concern about some statements made by different entities within the government of El Salvador.

The UN claimed this Tuesday to the government of Nayib Bukele that the measures to combat the coronavirus are always legal, proportionate and that seek the least possible impact for the population, and expressed its concern about some messages released by the country’s authorities.

“The Secretary General urges all political actors to act responsibly, with full respect for human rights, democratic institutions and the rule of law,” said António Guterres spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, during his daily press conference. .

Dujarric recalled that, since the beginning of the pandemic, the head of the United Nations has asked governments to use measures to protect health that are “legal, proportionate, necessary and non-discriminatory, with a specific focus and duration” and that they use “Least invasive approach” possible for citizens.

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According to the spokesman, in the case of El Salvador there have been “some declarations made by different entities within the Government that have been of concern” for the United Nations, although he avoided specifying them.

Dujarric, also stressed that “politicizing the work of UN technical agencies would only undermine national efforts to respond to the pandemic” and assured that the organization is ready to help Salvadorans build a “peaceful, democratic and prosperous” country .

This Monday, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador temporarily suspended the state of emergency decree whereby the Bukele government usurped functions of the Legislative Assembly.

The same Attorney General of the Republic declared that it was a usurpation of functions on behalf of the Bukele government and also filed an appeal before the Chamber to annul it. Said demand was also accepted by the highest constitutional court.

The decision of the Executive to pass over the powers of the Legislature generated rejection reactions among various sectors of civil society because it means the imposition of de facto provisions of the presidency that, therefore, are null.

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The Salvadoran authorities have previously previously imposed an “absolute” and “rigid” quarantine throughout the Central American country to try to curb infections and prevent the collapse of their health system, according to the government.

Last month a group of 16 humanitarian organizations in El Salvador had addressed Guterres asking him to activate United Nations mechanisms to “preserve” democracy in the country in the face of a series of government measures that they considered “authoritarian” in the context of the fight against COVID-19.

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