2024-02-21 02:04:23
The position of the presidential candidate, Carlos Rabascallregarding the impeachment of the attorney general Diana Salazarmade evident the distance with the former president Rafael Correa.
In his accountbrave woman» and states that does not support impeachment against him.
“Being sitting in that chair and doing what she has done, regardless of the fact that no one is perfect, regardless of the fact that we can have certain constructive criticism towards the person (…) I cannot help but recognize that she is a brave woman,” said Rabascall.
Immediately, Correa wrote that Rabascall knew very well what the Bribery case is. Just as the «persecution “that we have suffered” by prosecutor Salazar, Pablo Celi, Lenín Moreno, María Paula Romo, Julio César Trujillo and “a rotten justice system.”
Although he did not say it directly, he implied a treason by the current presidential candidate. “He is not the first nor will he be the last,” he added along with the phrase “They were always the corrupt ones.”
Rabascall reaffirmed his rejection of political persecution
Carlos Rabascall’s response was emphatic: «We have known each other all our lives and you know perfectly well how I am and how I act. Both worked together during the Correa government and Rabascall was even vice presidential candidate with Andrés Arauz in 2021, but was not taken into account for the early elections of 2023.
In his publication, he noted that he has always rejected the political persecution and that he is a man “who keeps his word.” He added a clip of an interview in which he referred to the Bribery casein which he assured that it is a process “full of vices.”
However, the pre-candidacy of Rabascall, far from Correism, shows a clear break and positions him as one more on the list of political adversaries of Rafael Correa.