Ecuador’s Constitutional Court this Thursday rejected unconstitutional claims filed against President Guillermo Lasso’s decree in which he invoked the ‘cross death’, a constitutional formula that calls for the dissolution of the National Assembly and the holding of both legislative elections as president. calls. , arguing that there is a “serious political crisis” resulting from the impeachment trial against him.
The Constitutional Court of Ecuador has indicated that the three courts that make up the entourage have issued six orders in which they have analyzed the demands and unanimously concluded to reject them.
“As a result of the decision to dismiss the unconstitutional demands, it is requested that the court adopt precautionary measures to provisionally suspend the effect of the decree contesting the elections,” it said in a statement.
Similarly, it is indicated that “the six orders issued emphasize that the TC does not have the capacity to rule on the verification and motivation of the cause of the serious political crisis and to dissolve the National An internal commotion has been called for by the President. The Legislative Assembly (. ..) nor any other judicial authority in the country”.
Lasso was not slow to react to the decision, noting that the court affirmed its decision “connected to the constitution” of Ecuador, as he indicated on his profile on the social network Twitter.
With this decision, the decision to call presidential and legislative elections remains in place after Ecuador’s president dissolved the National Assembly on Wednesday, an action he resorted to, arguing that Ecuador’s activity caused “serious political problems”. Immersed in “Crisis”. Chamber, which initiated the impeachment process against the President for alleged corruption charges.
