>>8087350 Heavily-armed police and soldiers enter El Salvador parliament
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El Salvador standoff deepens over loan for security forces
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR — Hundreds of supporters of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele heeded his call to converge on the country's parliament Sunday after lawmakers refused to gather to vote on a $109 million loan to better equip the country’s security forces, sharply increasing tensions between the leader and the opposition-controlled legislature.
Top commanders of the country's police and military have expressed allegiance to the president during the standoff, while positioning heavily armed security forces around and inside the legislative building.
Bukele gave an emotional speech to his supporters, who had threatened to remove opposition lawmakers from the legislature by force. But he said that after praying amid soldiers and police, he decided to ask for patience from his supporters and set a deadline of one week for lawmakers to approve the bill.
“If we wanted to press the button, we would press the button” and remove lawmakers from the legislature, he told supporters outside the building. “But I asked God and God told me: patience, patience, patience. On February 28 (2021) all these scoundrels are heading out the door outside.”
El Salvador holds municipal and legislative elections on Feb. 21 of next year.
https://www.wral.com/el-salvador-standoff-deepens-over-loan-for-security-forces/18942827/