After a tug-of-war during Thursday’s plenary session between MEPs from the various groups supporting the initiative, 58 seats were added, 12 more than the 46 needed
“Historical day” for the Ecuadorian opposition. Today, 58 members of the National Assembly signed the opening of impeachment proceedings against him william lasso, with which they demand the impeachment of the President.
With almost as many pages (55) as members of parliament, the opposition letter accuses the president Participate in a “corruption structure in order to gain their own advantages and those of third parties”. Lasso’s alleged political responsibility stems from the crime of embezzlement and embezzlement in public enterprises, “for which reason his censorship and subsequent dismissal must be carried out,” according to the document presented to the chamber. The opposition claims they have sufficient evidence to prove the president’s alleged “omissions” in a corruption scheme involving public companies that Lasso’s brother-in-law would be implicated in.
After a tug-of-war during this Thursday’s plenary session between MEPs from the various groups supporting the initiative, they joined 58 seats, 12 more than the required 46. The Ecuadorian impeachment attempt is the former president’s latest strategy Rafael Correa, on the run from local justice to return to power. Assembly members of the Unión por la Esperanza (Citizens’ Revolution) have joined those of the right-wing Social Christian Party (PSC), allies of the conservative Lasso during the elections, adding support from radical indigenous party MPs Pachakutik and the rebels of the Democratic Left to try to get the former Guayaquil banker to leave Carondelet Palace if he has not completed two years at the helm of the country.
The government, which has a clear minority in the assembly, hopes the constitutional court will not allow the impeachment to be allowed, but if it doesn’t it would begin in a month, as stipulated by Magna Carta. The court verdict should be known before March 26th.
The other alternative for lasso is to decree that “cross death”, another constitutional instrument that would allow him to dissolve parliament to call general elections in six months.
“The Ecuadorian people can no longer resist this disorder,” said MP Sofía Espín, one of the signatories.
The opposition has taken advantage of the outbreak of a corruption scandal to seek the sacking of Lasso, who is being engulfed in the wave of drug-trafficking violence. The failure of the referendum in February and the victory of the citizens’ revolution in local elections have further weakened their political capital. Correa’s subordinates seized the mayoral offices of Quito and Guayaquil and the prefectures of Pichincha and Guayas, in addition to the provinces and major cities.
In the last few hours, in an interview with the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo, former President Correa denounced that the government was seeking support in parliament in exchange for granting safe conduct to the former minister Maria Duarte, who eventually fled to Caracas. “He used her as a hostage, he sent us messages, if you support me in this we could release her. María left the embassy,” Correa told the Colombian newspaper.
Duarte is in Caracas today after spearheading a leak that has sparked heated arguments between the governments of Ecuador and Argentina, with the consequent expulsion of their ambassadors. The ex-minister was also convicted eight years in prison for corruption, as his political boss, but three years ago he fled to the Argentine embassy in Quito to escape justice.
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