The scenario is not new in Latin America. A president, faced with an opposing Congress and the target of a dismissal lawsuit, decides to dissolve that same Congress. The difference lies in the fact that, while Peruvian Pedro Castillo, from the left, had no arguments in December 2022 for his “self-coup” (which failed and he is now imprisoned), Ecuadorian Guillermo Lasso, conservative, is supported by the Constitution of 2008 to establish the so-called “crossed death”.
Lasso was the target of a political trial for alleged embezzlement (opposition says he failed to act when he became aware of irregularities in a government contract), but claimed “serious political crisis and internal turmoil” to dissolve the National Assembly. It is one of the three reasons provided for in Article 148 of the Constitution to do it. The president, who faced deputies at 12 noon on Tuesday, denied the allegations, saying he had “an obligation to respond to the political crisis” the country is going through.
Source: DN
