Lasso vows a fight for his personal integrity in trial; Death cross is the 'elephant in the room'
Mar 31, 2023
his innocence, President Guillermo Lasso said Thursday night he believes he can “overcome and prevail” in the National Assembly’s impeachment trial.
Accompanied by his wife, María de Lourdes Alcívar, Lasso said he can prove he did not commit extortion or embezzlement in a contract with oil transport company Flopec. “In my personal, professional and public life I have always acted with the good intensions and I think this will be proven in the trial,” he said. “My enemies plan to evaluate my management based on evidence obtained fraudulently and the court has said that this is inadmissible. We will see what they come up with.”
The president added that the contract with Flopec was signed in 2018, before he assumed office. “I wait to see how they connect me to a contract that expired in 2020.”
He also said he was pleased that the Constitutional Court rejected the Assembly’s allegations of extortion. “Although I am disappointed the judges allowed the trial to go forward, I am heartened that the most serious charge against me was dismissed.”
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Guillermo Lasso
