Ecuador: Pichincha Prefect Denounces Political Persecution
Prefect Paola Pabon says she won't go anywhere and has not requested asylum in the Embassy of Mexico. August 21, 2020. | Photo: Radio Pichincha Universal
Published 6 September 2020
In Ecuador, the prefect of Pichincha, Paola Pabon denounced once againpolitical persecution from the government of Lenin Moreno against her.
In an interview on Sunday, Pabon denounced that the Prosecutors office is receiving pressure from the government.
They are being pressured by the government of Lenin Moreno, and for that reason, they are not acting under the law, but per political interests of the Executive, she said.
Pabon was arrested for 72 days for supposedly having committed rebellion during last years protest. In October of 2019,
thousands took to the streets to protest against the neoliberal policies of President Lenin Moreno.
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