SAN SALVADOR, Feb 10 — President Nayib Bukele and a group of soldiers armed with automatic weapons briefly occupied El Salvador's Congress yesterday, stepping up a pressure campaign to force lawmakers to back a crime-fighting plan. Watched by soldiers in full battle uniform, Bukele, 38, sat in...
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Watched by soldiers in full battle uniform, Bukele, 38, sat in the seat reserved for the president of Congress and cupped his hands together to pray, he said, for patience with lawmakers, few of whom turned up at the special session. Critics warned of a looming constitutional crisis, however. Human Rights Watch, a US-based group, called the event “an exhibition of brute force” and said the Organisation of American States should urgently meet to discuss the situation.
His cabinet called Sunday's special session after Bukele said on Friday that Salvadorans had a legal right to insurrection in such situations, calling for protests and briefly removing lawmakers' security protection details. On Sunday, hundreds of Salvadorans responded to Bukele's call to demonstrate, waving banners and blowing whistles outside Congress, as soldiers and police officers stood by to protect them, a Reuters witness said.
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