23 March, 2020
On March 20, 2020, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved the bill presented by the Minister of the Interior and Territorial Support that contains reforms to Legislative Decree No.593, which establishes the State of National Emergency in the face of the Pandemic of COVID-19.
One of the aspects established by the State of Emergency was the suspension of the legal terms and deadlines in administrative and judicial procedures for more than 30 days, with the exception of criminal, criminal and electoral procedures.
Given this, the Legislative Assembly approved reforms to Decree No.593, in the sense that during the validity of that decree, the terms and procedural deadlines are suspended in administrative procedures and judicial processes, whatever the matter and the instance in which be found.
The foregoing includes the suspension of deadlines in hearings at administrative headquarters or those scheduled by the Institute for Access to Public Information, as well as procedures related to the issue of access to public information that are carried out by the different obligated institutions. by the Law of Access to Public Information.
Excluded from this suspension are the terms established by the Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador, such as administrative detention, the term to inquire and consequently, the hearings derived from the latter, as well as matters relating to protection measures in cases of domestic violence and the powers provided for in arts. 35 and 45 of the Penitentiary Law.
Likewise, electoral matters are excluded.