President Nayib Bukele said anyone driving cars in El Salvador without having justification for being out of their homes would be stripped of their driving license, doubling down on attempts to enforce rules to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
FILE PHOTO: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks during a ceremony to deploy military personnel to support his security plan in San Salvador, El Salvador, February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
At his request, El Salvador’s Congress on March 14 approved an emergency regime, which temporarily suspended the right to free movement and free association. A week later, Bukele decreed mandatory home quarantine, threatening 30-day detention for anyone who broke it.And only bank workers, drivers, restaurant employees and distributors, journalists, officials, soldiers, police, supermarket workers, transportation workers and health workers can leave their homes.
Critics say the measures have not been applied evenly, citing media reports that food was smuggled into a containment center for a government official and that a leader of Bukele’s party was let off after crashing his car drunk.
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