The National Assembly accelerates the impeachment trial to remove President Lasso

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The parliamentary opposition has approved this Saturday by an overwhelming majority the launching of the process for the

against the conservative

whose final objective is to remove him from the presidency.

The alliance of the citizen revolution, commanded from abroad by former president

the Social Christians (former electoral allies of the government);

the rebels of the

indigenous movement and the dissidents of the

added up

present in the chamber.

"President, do the country a favor and

Dedicate yourself to banking and your personal businesses. Your constitutional exit through an impeachment trial will allow you to recover the hope of the people," said Correísta congresswoman Viviana in an apocalyptic tone

Despite the forcefulness of the result, the next steps are not at all clear: a parliamentarian must formally present the request for impeachment, for which he needs 46 seats that are guaranteed, despite the fact that among the 104 who voted in the affirmative today there is

the trial until the final dismissal.

In addition, the

may determine that the process be interrupted given the sum of irregularities and defects in the report prepared by the

in the

which points to relatives of the president.

One of the most picturesque accusations, which has caused national outrage, is the one that ensures that Lasso has affected his mental faculties, as if he were an update on the never-forgotten Abdalá 'Loco' Bucaram, that populist president of the last century

was removed from power after months of chaos over his decisions.

"The National Assembly has once again failed the country, by embarrassingly approving a report that is invalid and non-binding in form; and basically it is an accommodation of patches and rectifications where at its whim and convenience it has people who had to be investigated were left out," responded government minister

who was installed as number 2 of Lasso after the victory of the no vote in the referendum in February.

The

points to an

brother-in-law of the president , emerges prominently

.

The failure of the consultation, together with the victory in the local elections of Correa

and the wave of violence caused by drug trafficking that runs through the Andean country have weakened the positions to the maximum. policies of the former banker from

who also does not have parliamentary support.

Also determined to checkmate the conservative presidency is the indigenous leader

who has threatened to call for a new takeover of

as he did last year.

"The real risk for the government lies in the opposition in the streets, an area that it has never known how to handle," warned analyst

The indigenous protests helped remove the presidents

(2019) and Lasso himself (2021)

on the ropes .

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