The president of Ecuador dissolves the parliament

The president of Ecuador, the conservative Guillermo Lasso, ordered in the midst of the political process against him the so-called “crucifixion”, which dissolves National Assembly (Parliament)with an opposition majority, and calls early general elections, so that he will rule by decree until his successor takes office.

In a message to the nation, Lasso announced the measure provided for in Ecuador’s 2008 Constitution because of “serious internal and political unrest.” After appearing before the Parliament on Tuesday. To give your defense statement sooner the accusation formulated by the opposition for the alleged criminal offense of embezzlement.

The President resorted to “crucifixion” before starting the second day of the debate which was to be held in the House of Representatives. To later vote on a vote of no confidence, where 92 votes are needed for his removal, which is equal to two-thirds of the house.

Ecuador needs a new political and social pact that will enable it to get out of the serious political crisis it is in and which, unfortunately, is deepening every day, said Lasso at the beginning of his message.

He noted that the solution should come to an end “irrational and useless conflict”. And he pointed out that it is not possible to move forward and face the deep challenges “in front of which insecurity and terrorism put us with the Parliament, which as a political project has the destabilization of the Government, democracy and the state”.

He commented that in the last two years “one sector of national politics tried to overthrow the democratically elected government”.

Lasso added that the destabilizing project “raised the bar by blocking legislative initiatives presented by the executive branch.” And “all efforts of legislators are aimed at destabilizing the Government with an unfounded political trial”.

For the ruler, it is “a process without evidence, contradictory, confusing, illegal and illegitimate, it is a mechanism for removing the president”.

“Prosecutors have become obsessed with ending my government driven by superhuman anger. However, they haven’t been able to find any evidence against me because there is absolutely nothing to find“, he emphasized.

The ruler pointed out that he made an effort “to make political dialogue a tool that guarantees governance (…), but the attack on the governance of this Government has no limits”.

As an example, he stated that the opposition activated 14 political trials of ministers “in order to generate instability in the Government and hinder the work of the Government”.

He assessed that it was a “constant obstruction that produced a serious political crisis and internal disturbances, which is reflected in the almost zero trust of the Ecuadorian society in the Assembly”.