Former presidents, members of the Libertad y Democracia group, believe crucifixion in Ecuador “enables a democratic solution”

He Grupo Libertad y Democracia this Wednesday supported Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso’s decision to to dissolve the National Assembly, using the constitutional option of crucifixion, in the midst of a political trial against him.

He The declaration was signed by the Chilean Sebastián Piñera, the Spaniards José María Aznar and Mariano Rajoy, the Colombian Iván Duque, the Mexican Felipe Calderón and the Ecuadorian Osvaldo Hurtado, among others, those who are part of the Libertad y Democracia Group.

The bloc integrates conservative presidents and former presidents of Latin America and Spain, to which Guillermo Lasso himself belongs. He reports this in a statement The measure “belongs to the powers conferred on it by the Constitution” and “enables a democratic solution to the serious political crisis and internal turmoil that Ecuador is experiencing”.

“By virtue of the powers conferred on him by Article 148 of Ecuador’s political constitution, President Guillermo Lasso has today dissolved the National Assembly,” said the group, which was formed last March in Santiago de Chile to counter the progressive wave. go to the region

“Crucifixion was the only way to prevent the coup of dictator Rafael Correa,” said former president Osvaldo Hurtado.

In a message to the nation this Wednesday, Lasso decided to dissolve the National Assembly, with an opposition majority, and call an early general election.

Lasso relies on a legal mechanism known as crucifixion and made the announcement the day after appearing before the Assembly to make his defense statement against the opposition’s charge of an alleged misappropriation crime.

Crucifixion, envisaged in the 2008 constitution, allows the Conservative president to dissolve parliament rather than wait for the second day of debate on the no-confidence motion, which would take 92 votes to remove him, equivalent to two-thirds of the room.

President of Mexico does not foresee political instability in Ecuador

That same Wednesday, the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorbelieved that there will be no political instability or violence in Ecuador after President Guillermo Lasso dissolves the National Assembly.

“I don’t think there is any instability and besides, I don’t want it. Hopefully the Ecuadorian brothers can solve this in this way, if new elections are called with the participation of all political forces and I don’t think there will be any political violence,” he estimated during his morning press conference.

Without an incoming Assembly, Lasso will rule by decree until his successor takes office, to be elected in new general elections called by the National Electoral Council (CNE).