2023-05-17 14:36:01
The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, decreed today the dissolution of the National AssemblyAfter the Unicameral Parliament will start a process of impeachment, a decision that implies the advancement of the general elections.
In a message to the nation, the conservative Lasso said that he made use of an attribution granted to him by the Constitution and signed a decree that dissolves the National Assembly and gives him powers to govern six months by decree from today.
Lasso accused the National Assembly of wanting to “destabilize the Government, democracy and the State” and said that he will govern six months by decree “to respond to the political crisis that has Ecuador trapped.”
“All the efforts of the Legislative Branch are focused on destabilizing the Government with an unfounded political trial,” Lasso said, adding that the Assembly seeks to “usurp all the powers of the State.”
The 67-year-old president said that the unicameral Parliament is driven by a “superhuman rancor”that his attacks on the Government “have no limits” and that he might never find evidence once morest him.
“To give Ecuador a constitutional solution, I have decided to apply article 148 of the Constitution of the Republic that grants me the power to dissolve the National Assembly due to a serious political crisis and internal commotion,” he announced.
The Constitution establishes that within a maximum period of seven days following the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official Gazette, the electoral body will call legislative and presidential elections to complete the current four-year term.
Pursuant to this, Lasso said that he had requested the National Electoral Council “the immediate call for legislative and presidential elections for the rest of the respective periods«.
The president said that had already signed a first decree law of economic urgency to reduce taxes, and that will be sent, like the others that it adopts, to the Constitutional Court for its issuance.
«Ecuador does not stop. Public services will attend normally. The Armed Forces and the National Police continue to guarantee security,” he said, adding that there will be no impediments to private sector activity.
The ruler appeared before the National Assembly yesterday to defend himself once morest the accusations of alleged embezzlement, at the beginning of a political trial once morest him, the second since he came to power, in May 2021.
According to complaints, Lasso decided to continue with a contract that was signed before he assumed the presidency, despite the fact that there were reports that it was harmful to the State.
The contract for the transportation of crude oil with the international group Amazonas Tanker left losses of more than 6 million dollars.
The president has not been prosecuted for any crime in ordinary justice and He assured that he filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office in 2022 to investigate the case.
Until the installation of the new National Assembly, Lasso will be able to govern by issuing decree-laws of economic urgency, but with the prior favorable opinion of the Constitutional Court.
This It is the first time that a president applies the so-called “cross death«, which can be exercised only once during the first three years of the mandate.
In June 2022, Parliament had tried to remove Lasso amid violent indigenous protests once morest the high cost of living, but fell short of 12 votes to remove him from power.
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