Ecuador's Constitutional Court on Thursday paved the way for early legislative and presidential elections, rejecting a series of cases brought by opposition politicians to block President Guillermo Lasso's decision to dissolve the National Assembly.
Members of opposition parties, along with social organizations, had presented six separate cases to the court, asking it to declare Lasso's decision to dissolve the National Assembly by decree unconstitutional." provision, which allows the president to call early elections under certain circumstances, including if actions by the legislature are blocking the functioning of government.
"The Constitutional Court has no jurisdiction to rule on the verification and motivation of the cause of the serious political crisis and internal commotion invoked by the president," the court said in a statement. The head of the electoral council, Diana Atamaint, said that following the Constitutional Court's ruling that no one could now obstruct the elections.Lasso had faced an impeachment attempt by opposition politicians over accusations he disregarded warnings of embezzlement related to a contract at state-owned oil transportation company Flopec. He has denied the accusations.
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