Eight pairs presented the possible successors of the current president, who announced the resignation of his post after the impeachment trial against him.
Ecuador will celebrate elections anticipated this year following the decision of the president William Lassowho also ordered the dissolution of the Congress due to an unprecedented institutional crisis. In this context, eight presidential candidates ran for the August 20 elections.
The advice called early elections after Lasso dissolved the National Assembly while he was undergoing a political trial, he dismissed 137 legislators from office and shortened his own term, as provided in the constitution.
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POSITION. Security forces surrounded the National Assembly yesterday after a military pronouncement that highlighted the legality of the dissolution of powers taken by the conservative president Guillermo Lasso.
Although eight pairs were registered with their respective candidacies, only one is firm, while the rest must be approved by the National Electoral Council of Ecuador:
- Daniel Noboaa 36-year-old politician whose presence has already been approved.
- Otto Sonnenholznerformer vice president of Ecuador between 2018 and 2020.
- Jan Topica 40-year-old from Guayaquil and an economist with military training.
- Luisa Gonzalezthe only woman candidate for the presidency of Ecuador, on behalf of the Fuerza Compromiso Social party.
- Yaku Perezleft-wing environmentalist and former presidential candidate in the 2021 elections.
- Fernando Villavicencio59-year-old journalist, activist and former assemblyman.
- Xavier Hervasformer presidential candidate and current candidate for the Reto movement.
- Bolivar Armijoseighth candidate for the Amigo movement in alliance with Acción Movilizadora Independiente Generating Opportunities.
William Lasso
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Lasso’s “cross death” that led to the election
“It is a democratic decision not only because it is constitutional, but because it gives the Ecuadorian people back the possibility of deciding,” the president said in May through a national chain.
Is about a measure stipulated in article 148 of the 2008 constitutionwhich consists of the renovation of all the institutions: both the presidency and the Parliament.
The “cross death” is contemplated as an emergency measure that consists of the early termination of the period of office of the holders of the executive and legislative powers.
This is how the Head of State has the power to dissolve the Assembly in case of “serious political crisis” and “internal commotion” in Ecuador, with a subsequent call for elections.
Source: Ambito
