Editing Roberto D'Aubuisson (section)

=== President of the Legislative Assembly ===

In the [[1982 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election|1982 legislative election]], the PDC won 40 percent of the vote but not a controlling majority in the legislature. Meanwhile, ARENA won 29 percent of the vote, the PCN won 19 percent, Democratic Action (AD) won 8 percent, and other parties won the remaining 4 percent. D'Aubuisson was among one of ARENA's 19 deputies in the Legislative Assembly. Representing the [[San Salvador Department]], he assumed office on 26 April 1982.{{sfn|Legislative Assembly|2006|p=125}}

Although ARENA and the PCN were held a majority and sought to elect D'Aubuisson as the country's president, pressure from the United States dissuaded the PCN which voted with the PDC to elect AD candidate [[Álvaro Magaña]] as the country's president.<ref name="ucsd">{{cite web|url=https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/notable-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/El%20Salvador/elections-and-events-1980-1989.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323211406/https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/notable-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/El%20Salvador/elections-and-events-1980-1989.html|archive-date=23 March 2021|access-date=26 September 2023|work=[[University of California, San Diego]]|location=[[San Diego]], [[California]]|title=Elections and Events 1980–1989}}</ref> Rather than being elected as president of El Salvador, D'Aubuisson was instead elected as the [[List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|president of the Legislative Assembly]], serving from 26 April 1982 to 20 December 1983.{{sfn|Legislative Assembly|2006|p=125}} The JRG's government ended on 2 May 1982{{sfn|Bosch|1999|p=114}}

On 31 March 1983, D'Aubuisson was allowed entry to the United States by the [[United States Department of State|State Department]] after deeming him not barred from entry any longer. When asked about D'Aubuisson's association with the assassination of Archbishop Romero, the [[United States Department of State|State Department]] responded that "the allegations have not been substantiated."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Salvadoran Rightist Leader Issued Visa|last=Knutson|first=Lawrence|date=6 April 1983|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>  In November 1993, documents by the [[United States Department of State|State Department]], [[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]], and the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] were released after pressure by Congress increased. The 12,000 documents revealed that the administrations of [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[George H. W. Bush]] knew of the assassinations conducted by D'Aubuisson, including that of Oscar Romero, and still worked with him despite this.<ref>{{Cite news|title=U.S., Aware of Killings, Worked With Salvador's Rightists, Papers Suggest|last=Krauss|first=Clifford|date=9 November 1993|work=The New York Times}}</ref>