Ecuador Eyes Complot
Denunciation of a “man
with a suitcase” in the
Constituent Assembly and
his attempt to buy off
members and destabilize
that institution
captures the attention
of Ecuadorians on
Wednesday.
The announcement of the
plot was made Tuesday by
Government Minister
Fernando Bustamante who
highlighted the alleged
implication of the
Patriotic Society Party
(PSP) and its leader,
the ex president Lucio
Gutierrez in this dirty
business.
Bustamante and the
Assembly leader Alberto
Acosta rejected that act
of "buying off" by
certain political and
powerful sectors which
are afraid of losing
their privileges.
National media
emphasized this act and
published snatches of
the conversations
transcribed from a video
in which appear an
assembly member and the
so-called man with a
suitcase.
It is a conspiracy aimed
at buying members of
Allianza El Pais (AP)
and finishing off the
constituent"s majority,
noted Bustamante.
He stressed that two
people were arrested,
who had proposed Gabriel
Rivera, one of the 80
members of AP at the
Assembly, 250,000
dollars for every
assembly member who
decided to boycott the
drawing up of a new
Magna Carta.
Citizens remain on alert
over investigations the
Anticorruption
Secretariat of the
presidency and the
Attorney General are
carrying out to confirm
the government
denunciations of
destabilization by
right-wing groups. |
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