He will be in office until January 5, replacing the current vice president, Verónica Abad, who is in conflict with the head of state.
In a new chapter of the political crisis that Ecuador is going through, President Daniel Noboa temporarily appointed Sariha Moya as acting vice president. Since the beginning of his administration, the president has been in conflict with Verónica Abad, who was his running mate in the 2023 elections.
The person in charge of communicating the decision Noboa was the government minister, José de la Gasca. In a press conference in Guayaquil, the country’s capital, he argued that The current vice president Abad never assumed the position of temporary counselor with economic functions at the Embassy of Ecuador in Ankaracapital of Türkiye.
“This is a serious fact that affects the institutionality of the Executive function. and it also represents a disregard for an executive decree, but above all it leaves a void in the vice presidency that must be filled,” said De la Gasca.
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AbbotAccording to the appointment, he was to take office on December 27. That same day, she announced that she would take vacation from then until January 3, 2025. Since he does not have the authorization of the National Assembly, this absence is considered unjustified and, therefore, a breach of his duties.
Therefore, Until January 3, Noboa appointed Sariha Moya as acting vice president. She is National Secretary of Planning.
Beyond formal issues, The truth is that the conflict between Noboa and Abad began from the moment they both assumed power at the end of 2023.. It had different chapters. The last one had been ten days ago, in a previous attempt by Noboa to displace his vice president. She accused him of committing a “coup d’état.”
Verónica Abad’s complaint to Daniel Noboa
At that time, Abad issued a statement in which he sought to “denounce what in effect constitutes the consumation of the announced coup d’état and attack against democracy in Ecuador, since the gross violation of the Constitutional order is the prelude to install a dictatorship on January 5, 2025“.
After that warning, Abad details that “once the ruling was issued in my favor, before noon, I went to the vice presidential office to continue with my duties. However, Due to the actions of the Military House ordered by the President of the Republic, as I was informed on the site, I was prevented, along with my defense attorney, from accessing the building.“.
“While at the door of the Vice Presidency we faced the abuse of the Armed Forces, behind and reactively the President of the Republic has issued Executive Decree 490 against all logic and reason,” he points out and specifies that the provision “It is a new insult to Ecuadorians, seeking my exile to Türkiye immediately.”
Source: Ambito
