National Assembly Ecuador meeting this Tuesday to perform An unprecedented event in 44 years of corporate life. the country’s president, William Lassofaces one blame for the alleged embezzlement of public funds. “I am innocent. For the former banker who took over the presidency on May 24, 2021 and has not stopped walking the thin rope of instability since then, I have always acted with the right intention in my private, professional and public life,” he said. motion of reprimand “it smells very bad”. Beyond the aroma it exudes, Lasso has spurred ex-president Rafael Correa’s Union of Hope (Unes), the Pachakutik indigenous movement, independent industries, and even Christian Social Party (PSC), a former election partner of the magnate. You need to remove it 92 votes out of 137 council members
The case was opened with 88 votes. The right-wing government thought that this would not happen. Lasso warned late and that this is a “parliamentary coup prepared in the worst case.
According to opposition forces, Lasso is allegedly responsible for embezzlement (embezzlement) by being aware of irregularities in the contract signed between state company Flota Petrolera del Ecuador (Flopec) and private company Amazonas Tanker. Although this agreement belongs to 2018 and was renewed under his presidency, Lenin MorenoThe president’s opponents believe he has done nothing to end this damaging arrangement.
In 2022, Lasso managed to avoid a situation similar to the current situation, where the Assembly did not get enough votes for a no-confidence motion amid a wave of protests led by the indigenous movement. The presidential figure continued to weaken with the election coup months ago.
The political conditions of difficulties have not changed for the Government today. The new experiment will be managed by Virgilio Saquicela, a Social Christian newly approved as the main authority of the legislature. Government Minister Henry Cucalón confirmed on Monday Lasso’s presence on campus, despite little expectation of a fair process. “Will we have dignitaries who are puppets of unspeakable goals? Is there impunity among them or will we have public interest officials?
agenda
Members of parliament will have Two hours to question Lasso. Next, the president will have three hours to present his argument. Thereafter, each party may respond for a maximum period of one hour. Parliament will then continue the discussion. The law sets a five-day period to define what Minister Cucalón describes as procedure “illegitimate which was born, developed and will come to an end without evidence, indisputable and with serious legal flaws”.
Correa and his followers, in exile in Belgium, political revenge. “Almost…The great days will return,” he wrote on his Twitter account. Quito newspaper ‘El Comercio’ warned of the danger of Parliament “playing with fire” in this situation. “You must not forget Ecuador in the midst of its crises. your commitment to democracy. And that everything should be measured by measures of fairness, legality and public interest. And that all the powers of the State are under social scrutiny.”
cross death
Oswaldo Paz y Miño, columnist for ‘El Telegrafo’, for Lasso “has the constitutional mechanism to send everyone homeThe columnist referred to what is known in that country as “.death cross“, a way to call the attributes that the Administrator must have To terminate the powers of representation of the state, under constitutional protection and in the event of “barring” of presidential duties. This figure of the Magna Carta, introduced in Article 148 of the 2008 reform, allows the president to interrupt his own administration and immediately call a meeting of congressmen. new general elections. You can use this instrument only once and before three years of power use. Both Lasso and MPs can participate in these elections. Presidential Legal Secretary Juan Pablo Ortiz assured him that the “death on the cross” verdict was already ready.
“There will not be 92 votes to dismiss the President”Ortiz said. In such a case, the current vice president, Alfredo Borrero, will assume the presidency. Analysts predict that if that doesn’t happen, Lasso will survive at a high political cost that will increase his weakness.