2023 Ecuadorian political crisis
A political crisis began in Ecuador on 17 May 2023 because the impeachment trial against President Guillermo Lasso. The impeachment process began in the National Assembly on 9 May and lasted until 17 May when Lasso dissolved parliament through the constitutional measure known as muerte cruzada ("mutual death").[1] This ended of the impeachment inquiry, it dissolved the National Assembly and caused an earlier general election.[2]
| File:Lasso compareciendo.jpg Lasso appearing before the National Assembly during his impeachment inquiry on 16 May 2023, the day before he invoked muerte cruzada | |
| Date | 17 May 2023 – 24 May 2023 |
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| Type | Parliamentary crisis |
| Cause | President Guillermo Lasso invoked muerte cruzada |
| Outcome | Dissolution of the National Assembly 2023 general election triggered |
2023 Ecuadorian Political Crisis Media
San José-Costa Rica, 01 de marzo de 2023. El Presidente del Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso Mendoza, junto al Presidente de Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, brindaron declaraciones a la prensa sobre los temas tratados en su reunión bilateral. Foto: Bolívar Parra-Presidencia Ecuador
- Lasso decreta muerte cruzada cropped.jpg
Guillermo Lasso announcing the muerte cruzada decree
- Fachada de la Asamblea Nacional, Quito, 20 de agosto de 2019 - 04.jpg
Following Lasso's muerte cruzada decree, he ordered the militarization of the Legislative Palace of the National Assembly on 17 May 2023
References
- ↑ "Ecuador president dissolves legislature, bringing vote forward". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ↑ "Ecuador's president dismisses legislature as it tries to oust him, in a move that promises turmoil". AP. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
