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El Salvador lawmakers sack top prosecutor, Supreme Court judges
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 05, 2021 12:31pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | DW |
| News Date | Sunday, May 2, 2021 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | El Salvador parliament on Sunday dismissed the attorney general and top judges it deemed hostile to the country's populist President Nayib Bukele.
The move by the legislative body, newly controlled by the president's party, sparked a political crisis and drew international criticism.
The five ousted judges were the most powerful jurists on the 15-member court. The body is among the few remaining checks on Bukele's rule.
Ruling party lawmakers accused the judges and prosecutor of lacking independence and impeding the government's strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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