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Ecuadorian indigenous people demand Lasso’s removal from office

Les indigènes équatoriens demandent la destitution de Lasso

March 29 |

Des membres de la Confédération des nationalités indigènes de l’Équateur (Conaie) se sont mobilisés mardi devant le siège de la Cour constitutionnelle dans la ville de Quito pour demander la destitution du président Guillermo Lasso.

Selon Leonidas Iza, président de la Conaie, “quelle que soit l’issue (destitution ou mort croisée), la décision est entre les mains de la Cour constitutionnelle. Un processus a déjà été lancé par l’Assemblée nationale, (les magistrats constitutionnels) doivent en prendre connaissance, le recevoir et aller de l’avant”.

“Nous avons demandé à la Cour constitutionnelle de garantir, par des moyens constitutionnels, légaux et démocratiques, le déroulement du procès en destitution”, a déclaré M. Iza, et sur la “menace” de dissolution de l’Assemblée nationale, il a estimé que “la Constitution ordonne à la Cour constitutionnelle d’effectuer le contrôle. Nous espérons qu’elle ne s’attend pas à ce que le peuple descende dans la rue”.

Après avoir traversé le siège de la Cour constitutionnelle, le contingent indigène s’est rendu à l’Assemblée nationale pour présenter le projet de loi sur l’eau.

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En arrivant au Parlement équatorien pour présenter le projet de loi, Iza a profité de l’occasion pour préciser la volonté de la Conaie concernant le processus de destitution du président Guillermo Lasso et les rumeurs d’une éventuelle dissolution de l’organe législatif.

Le contingent de la Conaie a été reçu au siège du Parlement par son président, Virgilio Saquicela, et par les législateurs Mireya Pazmiño, Dina Farinango et Fernando Cabascango.

Après la remise du projet de loi sur l’eau par Iza, Mme Pazmiño a souligné que “ce projet ne sauvera pas seulement la vie des paysans et des indigènes, mais celle de tous les Équatoriens”.

Pour sa part, M. Saquicela a souligné que le projet de loi présenté “sera traité dans le cadre légal et constitutionnel, débattu en commission, en séance plénière et approuvé pour le bénéfice direct des Équatoriens”. Les sources d’eau de cette précieuse ressource appartiennent à tout le monde”.

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