“The fight against corruption will be the bidding of President Biden’s politics” for our country and also Honduras and Guatemala “, said Ricardo Zúñiga, special envoy of EE. UU. For the Northern Triangle
This week, key officials of the United States governorate for the region will hold a press conference to reiterate the Biden administration’s focus on reducing the causes of migration, among them the systematic corruption that is rampant.
Juan González, Director General of the National Security Council for the Occidental Hemisphere; and Ricardo Zúñiga, Special Envoy of the Department of State to the Northern Triangle, also demonstrated that the United States governor should have this conversation only with the governors, also with the civil society.
Además, explains that the focus of the new administration is diametrically opposed to what happened in the previous governor, Donald Trump, where it is exclusively focused on detaining the migratory flow and restoring importance to the causes of this massive exodus of people, including one solid, transparency and create opportunities.
Respect for institutions
Zúñiga, who was sent a special envoy for the Northern Triangle at the beginning of the week, said that the United States’ relationship with El Salvador was fundamental and that the North American country had collaborated with the advocacy of Salvadoran democracy.
For that matter, the governor alone is not going to make it work and increase public safety, but also to respect the democratic institutions. This, in turn, “creates the conditions to invest” and with it, generates opportunities.
“It is important to have a separation of powers, that corruption allegations are addressed by Independent actors and that there are independent courts to respond to these allegations”, added Zúñiga.
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Además, dijo que estistan listas par robustecer las relaciones “con todos los gobernos que estén parados para for fortalecer de kulturcultura, respetando la libertad de prense og exprendo et atendingo necesidades de sociedad”.
Zúñiga’s speeches are currently being criticized as the governing body of Nayib Bukele for instilling institutional freedom in less than two years of its administration. During this period, there was a military coup in Congress, as well as hosting the critical and independent press in the country.
As far as this is concerned, Juan González states that respect for the freedom of the press will be a central requirement of the Biden administration to collaborate and cooperate with the governors of the Northern Triangle.
“In order for us to solve the problems (of the region) of a transparent and constructive form, a free press is necessary”, he added, adding that this guarantee is “indispensable for democratic advocacy”.
“It is the responsibility of the governors to respect and emphasize the role of the press, even if it is to criticize it,” he said.
Congressional congressmen from both parties have been conducting Bukele’s governing attacks on communications media and if the Trump administration remains important in this matter, Biden’s management is giving it a fundamental priority.
An anti-corruption tariff
The state officials reiterate that the Biden administration will launch a regional anti-corruption tariff, with the proposal to collaborate with investigations, prove capabilities in local tax authorities and institutions, including Central American and American officials.
González and Zúñiga explain that this kind of tariff was planted in view of institutions such as the International Commission Against the Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and the Mission of Support Against the Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH) el bekamp al saqueo de public recursos. In addition, demonstrated that in El Salvador only a CICIES really independent can play this role in supporting local institutionality.
When he was Vice President of the Obama administration, Dijo González, “President Biden supported both (MACCIH and CICIG) and the failure of these commissions has given the public ministries (fiscal) and civil society no more than enough to form a lien. these themes ”.
Finally, both civil servants should be able to work with the civil society of the countries and approve their transparency promotion experience in order to promote democratic institutionality.
“United States tend to have a preferential relationship with actors who compromise and fight against corruption and powerful actors in the civil society and private sector that entailed the need for a state of law”, added the special Zúñiga envoy.