El Salvador's Parliament extended Bukele's emergency regime for 30 days
The Congress of El Salvador, controlled by Nayib Bukele, extended on Tuesday for 30 more days the exception regime that restricts constitutional rights to combat gangs, a measure that has been applied for more than a year and a half and has been questioned by human rights organizations. teleSUR
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00:00 The Salvadoran Parliament has approved on Tuesday for the 18th time an extension of
00:04 President Nayib Bukele's emergency regime.
00:07 The Central American nation has now spent 17 months with limited constitutional guarantees
00:13 as a strategy to reduce violence.
00:15 The request, presented by the Minister of Security, Gustavo Villatoro, was approved
00:19 by the ruling party Nuevas Ideas and its allies with 67 votes.
00:24 Although the United Nations organization, based on evidence provided by Salvadoran organizations,
00:30 has expressed concerns about the length of the time and the excesses committed under
00:34 this regime, the President of the Parliament has insisted on its effectiveness.