Describe Nayib Bukele strategy to address corruption in the judiciary excluding arguments.
The strategy consists of the following components: 1. Replacement of High-Ranking Judicial Officials On May 1, 2021, the newly elected Legislative Assembly — dominated by Bukele’s party,'Nuevas Ideas' — voted to remove and replace all five primary and alternate magistrates of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice. Concurrently, the Assembly removed the Attorney General and appointed a successor.
2. Mandatory Retirement and Reassignment of Judges In September 2021, the Legislative Assembly passed a series of legislative reforms affecting the organic law of the judicial career. These measures included: • Age-Based Attrition: Mandating the automatic retirement of all lower-court judges and prosecutors who are 60 years of age or older, or who have completed 30 years of service. This measure resulted in the immediate vacancy of roughly one-third of the country's judicial seats. • Discretionary Transfers: Granting the newly restructured Supreme Court and Attorney General's Office the legal authority to transfer any judge or prosecutor to different geographic posts or jurisdictions without their consent.
3. Structural Centralization and Resource Management The strategy channels anti-corruption actions through centrally managed state institutions rather than independent oversight bodies: • Dissolution of External Panels: In 2021, the executive branch ended the agreement establishing the International Commission against Impunity in El Salvador (CICIES), an investigative body previously backed by the Organization of American States (OAS). • Consolidation of Investigations: Internal investigative units, such as the Special Anti-Mafia Group (GEA) within the Attorney General's Office, were restructured or dissolved, centralizing prosecutorial discretion under the appointed Attorney General.