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Ecuadorian eyes on Constitutional Court after cross death

Photo: El Universo

May 18 |

All eyes in Ecuador are focused today on the Constitutional Court (CC) awaiting a pronouncement from that judicial body on the cross death decree.

After the declaration of this measure by the Ecuadorian president, Guillermo Lasso, on Wednesday morning, several social organizations and political parties described it as illegal for not being justified in one of the grounds provided by law.

According to the Constitution, the cross death can be applied if the National Assembly arrogates functions to itself, if the legislative body obstructs the National Development Plan, or due to a serious political crisis and internal commotion.

In this sense, former Assemblymen Esteban Torres, from the Social Christian Party, and Yeseña Guamaní, from Izquierda Democrática, filed a claim of unconstitutionality before the CC.

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If the decree lacks legality, the Assembly will remain standing with the expectations of the Ecuadorians these two years, but if on the contrary the document has the validity of the CC, we will go to elections, reiterated Torres when formally delivering the document at the headquarters of the public institution.

On his part, the former president of the Parliament Virgilio Saquicela assured that the pronouncement of the CC is a matter of national urgency because the Legislative power was dissolved without the existence of the social commotion of which the Chief Executive spoke.

Likewise, the head of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), Leonidas Iza, reiterated that despite the fact that the decree of cross death is a mechanism established in the Constitution, in this context its application is not justified because it does not prove the existence of the cause of social commotion and political crisis, denounced the indigenous leader.

By the way, Conaie declared itself in permanent vigil in view of the recent political events in the Andean country and although it did not call for mobilizations, its members announced that they will be attentive to the decisions of the Lasso government and in permanent defense of the interests of the Ecuadorian people.

Meanwhile, the National Electoral Council has already announced that it will call for early general elections before May 24, that is to say, in seven days, as determined by the regulations for these cases.

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