Ecuador | Parliament rejects motion to impeach President Guillermo Lasso

(Quito) The Ecuadorian Parliament on Tuesday evening rejected a motion for the impeachment of conservative President Guillermo Lasso, who has been facing indigenous protests over the cost of living for two weeks.

Posted at 12:21 a.m.

The motion gathered only 80 votes from deputies out of the 92 necessary for its adoption, according to the results announced by the Secretary of Parliament, Alvaro Salazar, during a virtual session broadcast on social networks.


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