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Although Bukele ordered 40 soldiers into the Legislative Assembly's meeting room on the day of the meeting to coerce legislators into approving the loan,[147] a quorum was not reached and the loan was not approved.[148] Opposition politicians described the crisis as a "self-coup",[144][148] and it is known in El Salvador as "9F" or "El Bukelazo".[143]: 84 }:
In the 2021 legislative elections, Nuevas Ideas received a supermajority in the Legislative Assembly.[149] On 1 May 2021, Nuevas Ideas formed a coalition government with GANA, the National Coalition Party (PCN), and the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).[143]: 89 That day, the coalition voted to remove the five justices of the Supreme Court of Justice's constitutional court and Attorney General Raúl Melara.[150] The justices were replaced by five of Bukele's allies, and Melara was replaced by Rodolfo Delgado.[151] The purge, known in El Salvador as "1M",[143]: 89 was described by journalists and opposition politicians as a "self-coup" and a "power grab"[150][152][153] and was condemned by the United States.[153][154][155]