“It is one of the most serious things we have seen in the last 27 years of post-conflict. Top commanders of the police and military expressed allegiance to the president during the standoff Sunday. Bukele gave an emotional speech to his supporters, who had threatened to remove opposition lawmakers from the legislature by force. “The people responded to the president, but the lawmakers do not want to support him,” Escalante said. “If there is a crime, it is something that should be analyzed,” Melara said in an interview on local TV.

Source: thestar February 10, 2020 22:19 UTC