The President of Ecuador dissolves the National Assembly and ends the impeachment process

The President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, announced the signature of Executive Decree 741 with which he activated the constitutional tool of the “Cross Death” to dissolve the National Assembly (unicameral Parliament) due to serious political crisis and internal commotion.

“To give a constitutional solution to Ecuador, I have decided to apply article 148 of the Constitution of the Republic that grants me the power to dissolve the National Assembly due to serious political crisis and internal commotion for which I have signed executive decree number 741.”

“In addition, I have requested the National Electoral Council to immediately call for legislative and presidential elections for the rest of the respective periods,” said President Lasso in a televised address

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