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El Salvador’s parliament has approved a state of emergency


According to IRNA on Monday, the El Salvador Legislature passed a state of emergency law on Sunday morning (local time) to deal with the rising homicide rate of Barrio 18 gangs. And MS-13 (MS-13) driven in this country is approved.

The Associated Press reported yesterday that El Salvador President Nayib Bukele had committed unprecedented killings and deadly violence by criminal gangs, which police said was only on Saturday, April 6, 1401; 62 people were killed He called on the parliament to declare a state of emergency.

The declaration of a state of emergency in El Salvador was approved by parliament

CNN news website wrote: Ernesto Castro, Speaker of the El Salvador Legislature, announced on his Twitter account after the approval; “We did this for the people of El Salvador, we declared a state of emergency to allow the government to protect the lives of the people of El Salvador and to fight the criminals.”

The website of the American video media wrote: “According to the El Salvador constitution, and following the approval of the declaration of the state of emergency, the freedom of assembly, which is specified in the constitution, will be suspended.”

El Salvador’s President Abu Keila is reportedly trying to take a hard line on crime in the country, while very powerful street gangs are standing in front of him; The number of recent killings in El Salvador was so high that, according to local media, it was unprecedented in recent years.

Deutsche Welle also reported that on the same day that the President of El Salvador called for a state of emergency in the country, 62 people were killed by criminal gangs and 14 others were killed the day before (Friday).

El Salvador's parliament has approved a state of emergency

El Salvador President Najib Abu Qila

Najib Abu Quila is the 43rd President of El Salvador to take office in June 2019.

El Salvador is located in Central America with an area of ​​21,000 square kilometers and a population of 6,800,000.

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