The National Assembly (Congress) of Ecuador knowledgeable yesterday that it despatched the Constitutional Court the request for impeachment filed by 59 legislators in opposition to President Guillermo Lasso for alleged crimes in opposition to public administration.
The doc was despatched after the Legislative Administration Council (CAL) accepted with 5 votes to confess the request for impeachment introduced final March 16 by meeting members of a number of political events and actions in opposition to Lasso’s Government.
“The National Assembly sent to the Constitutional Court the resolution of the CAL that was technically and legally verified”, revealed the National Assembly in its account on the social community Twitter.
This determination of the Assembly is remaining; after final March 20, the CAL accepted to confess to course of the impeachment petition however left it with out impact after errors have been detected within the authentic request.
This led the legislators to suggest impeachment to amend the errors and submit a brand new doc.
According to the Constitution, the Court has six days to difficulty an admissibility ruling on whether or not or to not provoke impeachment proceedings.
If the opinion is favorable, the impeachment trial should be substantiated by the Auditing Commission of the National Assembly; in any other case, it is going to be filed.
On March 4, the plenary of the Assembly accepted with 104 votes in favor of the legislative committee report that investigated the president and advisable initiating an impeachment trial, which may result in his removing from workplace.
The grounds for the impeachment suggestion is article 129 of the Ecuadorian Constitution in its numeral 2, which refers to crimes of extortion, bribery, embezzlement, or illicit enrichment, higher referred to as crimes in opposition to public administration.
The meeting members configured the alleged fee of those crimes within the administration of the state-owned oil firm Petroecuador, the Public Company Flota Petrolera Ecuatoriana (Flopec), and the Coordinating Company of Public Companies (Emco EP).
Lasso, who will govern Ecuador since May 24, 2021, has denied the accusations in opposition to him and has said that they solely search to destabilize his administration.
In addition, the Government has maintained that the impeachment request lacks political and authorized components to assist a course of in opposition to the president.