{"id":416895,"date":"2023-05-18T09:31:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T06:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=416895"},"modified":"2023-05-18T09:31:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T06:31:04","slug":"ecuadors-president-dismisses-legislature-as-it-tries-to-oust-him-in-a-move-that-promises-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/ecuadors-president-dismisses-legislature-as-it-tries-to-oust-him-in-a-move-that-promises-turmoil\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador\u2019s president dismisses legislature as it tries to oust him, in a move that promises turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-726 p Component-p-0-2-710\">QUITO, Ecuador (SONNA) \u2014 The president of Ecuador dismissed the legislature Wednesday in a move that promised more turmoil around a conservative leader who has been unable to enact a business-friendly agenda as the South American country experiences an alarming rise in crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-726 p Component-p-0-2-710\">In disbanding the National Assembly, Guillermo Lasso made the first use of the Ecuador presidency\u2019s nuclear option under the constitution in conflicts with the legislative branch. His first move was to push a package of tax cuts, but criticism was swift and an appeal to stop him was filed hours after he announced his decision in a televised message in which he accused lawmakers of focusing \u201con destabilizing the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-726 p Component-p-0-2-710\">\u201cThis is the best possible decision,\u201d he said after describing his move as a way to give Ecuadorians \u201cthe power to decide their future in the next elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-726 p Component-p-0-2-710\">Armed soldiers then surrounded the National Assembly in the capital. Lasso had been locked in a showdown with legislators who wanted to\u00a0impeach him\u00a0for not stopping a deal between the state-owned oil transport company and a private tanker company, accusations he denies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Component-dfp-0-2-714 apnews_article_midarticle_1\" data-card-id=\"sovrn-article-midarticle\">\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-726 p Component-p-0-2-710\">Hours later, the president of the National Electoral Council, Diana Atamaint, said that its office will set the date for the next elections in no more than seven days. She anticipated that Ecuadorians would go to the polls to elect a new president and a new Assembly in no more than 90 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-726 p Component-p-0-2-710\">Lasso\u2019s Wednesday decision prompted Ecuador\u2019s top military leader to warn that the armed forces would crack down on any violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-726 p Component-p-0-2-710\">The president appeared to have the support of the armed forces but faced opposition from Indigenous Ecuadorians. Protests by the powerful Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities have nearly paralyzed the country in recent years, and the group\u2019s leader appeared outraged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-726 p Component-p-0-2-710\">Lasso \u201claunched a cowardly self-coup with the help of the police and the armed forces, without citizen support,\u201d Leonidas Iza Salazar said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Source: AP<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUITO, Ecuador (SONNA) \u2014 The president of Ecuador dismissed the legislature Wednesday in a move that promised more turmoil around a conservative leader who has been unable to enact a business-friendly agenda as the South American country experiences an alarming rise in crime. 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