Assembly report against impeachment is voted down but Lasso supporters say 'mission accomplished'

May 7, 2023


The National Assembly Oversight Commission on Saturday failed to muster the votes to approve a report recommending against an impeachment trial for President Guillermo Lasso.

Assembly members pushing for impeachment claim that Lasso ignored cases of potential embezzlement related to a contract between state-owned oil transportation company Flopec and a private business. Lasso denies the allegations, saying the contract was signed in 2018 — long before he became president in 2021 — and that his administration reacted to claims of contractual impropriety based on the advice of the national comptroller.



Fernando Villavicencio

The report, which says there is no cause for Lasso’s trial or removal, was voted down by five of the commission’s nine members.

Despite the commission vote, the report now goes to the full 137-member Assembly, which will decide whether to go forward with impeachment against Lasso.

Ecuador’s Constitutional Court ruled Friday that Lasso’s opponents cannot present a “minority report” presenting their clams for impeachment.

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