Opponents fail to get votes for impeachment, and Lasso remains in the presidency of Ecuador

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3 years ago

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Eighty of the 80 national parliamentarians voted in favor of Lasso’s impeachment, but were needed 64 votes for the president to be removed from office

| Photo: EFE/José Jácome The National Assembly of Ecuador saved the country’s president, Guillermo Lasso, from suffering impeachment on Tuesday night (19).

Last week, a group of parliamentarians linked to former president Rafael Correa and a sector of the Pachakutik movement, the political arm of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), the main organizer of the protests that have been taking place in the country since the last day

, had activated the process, alleging “political crisis and internal commotion” due to the wave of demonstrations against the high cost of living and the economic policies of the government.

After three days of debates, 60 From 80 national parliamentarians voted in favor of Lasso’s impeachment, but they were necessary 59 votes for the president to be removed from office.

Before the vote, Lasso had accused Correa’s allies “of attacking democracy, of taking advantage of the chaos to destroy institutionality in Ecuador”, in a video message posted on social networks.

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