This young lawyer, with experience as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly, is concerned that there is no firmer opposition in Congress to the abuse of the ruling party.
“Five minutes, without so much straw” It is a space of short interviews and to the point that the journalist Paolo Lüers made to 17 candidates for alternates for different parties. The goal is to strip away unnecessary details and only provide the core. A different interview is published every day on the networks elsalvador.com and El Diario de Hoy until all 17 candidates are exhausted.
Why are you running for deputy now?
What is at stake is democracy. We’ve been seeing it since February 9th and that has encouraged me to start this project.
What can and should the new Legislative Assembly contribute to resolve this crisis that threatens democracy?
First, I think it should be stronger opposition. We must choose better second-degree officials, the subject of the prosecution, from the magistrates who will be elected during this period. I think it is essential to come and contribute something new.
What kind of legislation would you never support?
First, the decriminalization of abortion. I tend to disagree.
Is it a priority issue?
Not at all. But it is something I would never support. What is a priority for me is an Insolvency Law and an Entrepreneurship Law, as well as a First Business Credit Law. I think it is necessary, especially after the economic crisis we are in as a result of the pandemic.
Determine the government of Bukele with 3 qualifications.
Dictatory, aggressive and impulsive. Actually …
Any success from this government?
He has had some successes, not everything has been bad. For example, I think the issue of helping families during the pandemic was fine, the problem is it wasn’t handled properly, it wasn’t transparent and they’ve never been transparent since then.
We also saw several cases of corruption there.
They’ve been several times but that could have been handled better. It was necessary because, like it or not, unfortunately the closure, but I do believe that some help to the Salvadoran family was needed.
Would you have problems discussing and launching legislative initiatives with the FMLN?
Not at all. I believe that whether it is the Frente, ARENA or some other party or parliamentary group that comes up with a good idea, it should be supported.
Of course, we must also appreciate the principles on which we are guided.
More with the FMLN, we are very far away when it comes to principles, ideology, and so on.
But in these elections is the Front the opponent that must win?
No. In this election, no. In this election, our opponent will always remain poverty, insecurity, and our opponents who have a different idea of how to fix this are New Ideas, WINS. Like it or not, the parties married to the president.
What did ARENA do wrong to make it so expensive?
We had people who did us a lot of harm and luckily they are no longer there. Maybe we were a bit lukewarm when it came to resolving these cases.
As a deputy, will you be less lukewarm?
Of course. I think now is the time to become much more convinced of our principles and to be able to resist not the leadership, but some of the opinions that might arise from the political moments we are experiencing.
Tell me three current MEPs, not necessarily from your party, who filled their roles.
Margarita Escobar, Rodolfo Parker and Alberto Romero.
Anything else to add?
It’s a new meeting, we have to look for new faces. We need a balance between experience and innovation because this government, given all the power, will sink us like El Salvador.