These contradictions are reflected by a survey by the University Institute of Public Opinion (Iudop) of the José Simeón Cañas Central American University (UCA) published this Monday and which addresses a law that, despite its good results, is rejected by some sectors.

The measure approved on March 27, 2022 reached a grade of 8.13, but this rating drops to 7.08 among Salvadorans who object to the suspension of three constitutional guarantees.

Only nine out of every 100 Salvadorans do not feel they benefited from the emergency regime, the initiative that allowed the arrest of nearly 80,000 alleged gang members and collaborators.

In favor of the initiative is that 77 percent of the population feels little, somewhat or very concerned with the possibility that the measure will no longer continue, something that minority sectors of the country demand despite recognizing its results.

The investigation showed that the majority of the population does not agree with the suspension of constitutional guarantees to apply the emergency regime; some even demand a law that contemplates the measure but without suspending rights.

“The level of citizen ignorance about the three suspended citizen rights continues,” indicated today the director of Iudop, Laura Andrade, in the presentation of the study.

Extended 25 times, the study showed that seven out of 10 Salvadorans maintain that it should be maintained, however, 29 percent demand another alternative. The sampling was carried out from March 16 to 24, 2024 in a universe of 1,270 people, house by house, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.75 percent and a confidence level of 95 percent.

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