The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukelehas charged against Spain stating that “they do not intend to be his lackeys”. This was during a rally on the esplanade in front of the National Palace hours after proclaiming himself the winner of the elections. presidential election held this Sunday and that the Supreme Electoral Tribunal ratified the president’s victory.
He has also referred to Spain’s system of government, stating that they respect the monarchy but do not plan to “submit to it.” “We respect you, we respect their hereditary monarchy“What we are not going to be is their lackeys,” Bukele said.
In the first part of his speech he made strong reproaches to the special envoys from the foreign media, especially from Spain, but also to the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS)as well as non-governmental organizations (NGO) and human rights activists who have criticized his management.
“The only thing we ask of you is I respectnothing more,” President Bukele insisted in his diatribe against the press and the international community, who commented that his approach had been expressed to a Spanish special envoy, “but applies to everyone the countries of the world,” he pointed out.
“Spain is not democracy, it is imperialism”
“A Spanish journalist told me, why do you want to dismantle democracy? And I told him: But what’s the point?” democracy are you talking to us? Democracy means the power of the people, and if Salvadorans want this, why is a man coming Spanish journalist to tell us what we Salvadorans have to do?“said the new president.
According to Bukele, the concept of democracy that this journalist spoke to him about was “what his bosses tell him, back in Spain. But that is not democracy; that would be colonyimperialism, elitism, plutocracy, you can call it whatever you want but it is not called democracy,” he replied.
The Central American president assured: “El Salvador wants to do commerce with everyone, El Salvador wants everyone to come visit us, El Salvador opens its doors wide for the citizens of everyone. We want them to come, visit us, get to know us, we want to be their friends, their allies, their partners… what we are not going to be is their lackeys,” he reiterated.
