El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele says that Canada’s president has ‘zero credibility on democracy’ after emergency law against freedom convoy

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The president of El Salvador Nayib Bukele tweeted that the Canadian government has “zero credibility” when it comes to “teaching other countries lessons about democracy and freedom.”

His comments followed Canadian President Justin Trudeau’s invocation of the EmergencyPowers Act against the Freedom Convoy in Canada.

Are these the people who like to give lessons to other countries about democracy and freedom?

This is one of the top ranking countries in the “democracy index”?

Your credibility on these topics is now worth 0.pic.twitter.com/wCjh9bXwDt

— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) February 15, 2022

During a press conference Monday in Ottawa, Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland explained some of the consequences of Justin Trudeau’s unprecedented use of the emergency law.

Bukele tweeted an excerpt from the press conference in which Freeland explains that Canada is “expanding the scope of anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regulations [in the country]” to include truckers and Canadians supporting the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, thwarting their efforts to regain their freedoms

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