2023-05-17 14:21:20
He President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, He dissolved the Congress of his country and called early presidential elections, a contest in which the Legislative power will also be renewed.
Lasso’s determination was announced this Wednesday morning right in the middle of the impeachment process that the parliamentary power was carrying out against him, in which the opposition was counting on the votes to remove him from power.
The measure of the Ecuadorian president is a kind of “cross death” because the institutional crisis leaves all the high command elected by popular vote in 2021 reeling.
“It is unacceptable that a government is expected to fulfill its development agenda in just 12 months. This destabilizing project rose to a new level with the blocking of the legislative proposals presented by the Executive”, said Lasso.
Rafael Correa’s left was looking for the fall of Lasso
In a context of increasing violence linked to drug trafficking and popular discontent over the cost of living, what could be the end of the right-wing government is an opportunity for the main left-wing bloc to regain strength at the hands of their leader: he former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017).
“There is no evidence or relevant testimonies. Rather, the only thing there is is information that proves my total, evident and unquestionable innocence”, the president defended himself in an hour-long intervention in the Quito chamber.
A fugitive from the Ecuadorian justice that sentenced him to eight years in prison and asylum in Belgium, Correa was quick to pronounce from his Twitter account (@MashiRafael): “An inept, greedy, ignoble and dishonest president (…) You are a true democratic and moral fraud”.
With the attendance of 109 of its 137 members, the unicameral National Assembly installed impeachment against the president, in which the congressmen presented arguments against him.
After defending himself and without waiting for his turn to counter-reply, the head of state withdrew from Parliament, which opened the debate among its members. The vote does not yet have a scheduled date but it could take time to be called. Congress requires 92 votes to remove Lasso.
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