President Nayib Bukele demanded that food importers lower prices in El Salvador: Stop abusing the people or you are going to have problems

Nayib Bukele called on food importers and distributors who “unjustifiably increase prices” to “stop” “abusing the Salvadoran people” and ordered them to lower prices or “they are going to have problems.” “I am going to call on importers, marketers, and food wholesalers to stop abusing the Salvadoran people or not to complain later,” warned the president of El Salvador during a meeting with his government cabinet broadcast on a national television network. radio and television. The president, who on June 1 assumed the Presidency for a second consecutive term despite the constitutional prohibition, noted that he hopes that "tomorrow food will be lower than it is now (...) I expect lower prices or “They are going to have problems.” Bukele assured, without giving details, that “abuses” have been identified and that “importers, wholesalers and food marketers who are committing these abuses, with the confidence that there is no criminal sanction for abuse, are booked for tax evasion, ...