The vice president used the Veterans event to seek political support for El Salvador News

Félix Ulloa asked for help in order to gain control of the Legislative Assembly and then “create a new order in the judiciary.” Participants were given a package of food of the same kind that the Government distributes from house to house.

Yesterday, on the outskirts of building 919-B, on Fifth Poniente Street and 15 Avenida Norte de San Salvador, Hundreds of veterans of the armed forces and former combatants of the former guerrilla gathered to celebrate Veterans Day and then received a package of food, from which the Government delivers, house to house, as part of the COVID-19 Pandemic Health Emergency Plan.

The event was organized by the “Unification Table for the Common Good: War Veterans of Armed Conflict,” chaired by Sergeant Rafael Aguillón Rivera, who a few days ago was appointed by the President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, as President of the Republic. Fund for the Protection of Persons with Disabilities and Persons with Disabilities (Foprolyd).
The event was attended by the Vice President of the Republic, Félix Ulloa, and the Minister of Interior and Territorial Development, Franklin Castro.

Ulloa claimed that his presence was due to the fact that President Bukele asked him to participate.

In his speech, Ulloa downplayed the merits of the peace agreements, reiterating that they only served to enrich some of them, both politically and economically: a speech that President Bukele and his cabinet officials promulgated. for a few. weeks.

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Later, although she did not mention any political parties, Ulloa told veterans and ex-combatants that their support is imperative for the formation of a new Legislative Assembly that will not impede government action for the benefit of veterans and ex-combatants. which, he said, were used only by the right and the left.

Ulloa said a major multi-million dollar game intended for veterans and ex-combatants was stopped in the Assembly, although he did not provide details.

The vice president said that once there was more autonomy and collaboration between the two state bodies, the executive and the legislature, a “new order in the judiciary” could be formed, which he said acted as an accomplice to the legislature. , especially the Constitutional Chamber.

According to Ulloa, the previous constitutional chamber entered the wide door of history, but left through the back door, by canceling the Democratic Change party for the registration of the current president Nayib Bukele.

The official said that the current Constitutional Chamber last week suspended a candidacy for the Legislative Assembly through a precautionary measure that should be to protect the rights that are threatened, but that, instead, the Chamber has exceeded these rights. Although he did not mention names, the only candidacy suspended in recent days is that of Walter Araujo, who ran under the New Ideas flag.

“The legislative assembly and a constitutional chamber cannot be allowed to constitute a binomial of isolation and blocking of the president’s decisions. This will change with the will of you and all the people, on February 28 and May 1, when we install the new Legislative Assembly. “

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