After the dismissal of the magistrates of the Constitutional Chamber and the Attorney General in El Salvador, the business sector affirms that these are "facts that consolidate an attack against democracy and threaten the liberties of Salvadorans".
In the elections held last February 28, Nuevas Ideas, a party led by president Nayib Bukele, achieved a resounding victory that allows it to have a qualified majority in the Legislative Assembly.
The Otto Perez Molina administration appears to be disintegrating in time with the successive dismantling of networks of entrenched corruption at the highest level, jeopardizing the country's basic institutions.
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There are very few occasions when political parties with different ideologies and civil groups with dissimilar origins in Latin America have teamed up to denounce the same cause, as is currently happening in Guatemala.
The government has announced the start of a public consultation process for the comprehensive review of the Panamanian Constitution.
Although topics have still not been fully defined for a possible amendment to the Constitution, the Government is planning a comprehensive review as part of the public consultation process with the public.
An article in Capital.com.pa reports: "The president also said the constitutionalist and former Ombudsman Italo Antinori will lead one team, coordinated by the Ministry of the Presidency, which will be responsible for carrying out this consultation process with all components of society. "
Citing unconstitutionality power has been taken away from the tax authorities to determine the basis for calculating tax owed in respect of Value Added Tax.
A paragraph in Article 7 of the Law on Value Added Tax (VAT) which was declared unconstitutional provided: "In the case that a taxpayer, within three months, reports in their declaration of turnover sales rates that are lower than at cost or production of goods, the tax authorities may determine the basis for calculating the tax owed, taking into consideration the sale price of the same product in other transactions of the same taxpayer within the same time ... unless the taxpayer can justify and demonstrate the reasons why this situation occurred and present banking and financial information proving their real income. "
Giving out sentences that are impossible to comply with discredits the body that issues them, dwarfs justice, and undermines the functioning of democracy.
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The Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica ordered testing of the knowledge of everyone aspiring to professional positions in the public administration.
The ruling was issued in May 2012, and at that time the director of the Civil Service, the institution responsible for carrying it out cited its alarm at the ruling calling it "pathetic", "preposterous" and "impossible".
An act that enables indefinite presidential reelections and military personnel to hold positions on the Executive Branch has been received general aproval in the National Assembly.
The controversial bill will now be discussed article by article, and then after its final approval - which is taken for granted by the majority in Congress belonging to the ruling party - it must be ratified in 2014 in order to enter into force.
The American Chamber of Commerce of Nicaragua has rejected the amendments to the Constitution proposed by the Nicaraguan government.
This is the result of a survey carried out by AmCham among its members in order to find out its position on the proposal to reform the constitution of Nicaragua. 75.6% of respondents asserted that the initiative will affect the business climate in the country.
The proposed amendments to the Constitution of Nicaragua would allow the indefinite reelection of the president and the appointment of active military personnel to state positions.
Among other significant changes reported in an article in Eluniversal.com are that "the president is given the authority to legislate in administrative matters, according to the text of the reforms.
The intervention by the Central American Court of Justice in disputes between state bodies has been declared unconstitutional in El Salvador.
This was established by a ruling signed by the judges of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court explaining that "the jurisdiction of this Court is not compatible with the Constitution."
President Ortega asked businessmen for their support to change the political parties system, turning to a institutional scheme similar to the one used in the 80s.
According to Bayardo Arce, Economic Matters Advisor for the Presidency, President Daniel Ortega told businessmen at a meeting in INCAE that “if the Cosep (Superior Private Company Council) supports him, he is willing to dissolve the Legislative Assembly and organize a legislation with representatives from all the sectors of society, as it was done with the State Council”.
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