Flash!
Presidente Lasso today invoked the Muerte Cruzada,
a.k.a. Cross Death or Death Cross -- dissolving the
current National Assembly effective immediately,
declaring Ecuador is in crisis and calling national elections
for president and the assembly that would take place in
about six months.
The action enables El Presidente to govern by decree
in the interim period.
Opponents say the move in Unconstitutional and its
validity should be challenged before the Constitutional Court.
They say Ecuador is not in a crisis.
Political analysts say an impeachment vote against the
president was shaping up as too close to call .. and so he
invoked Muerte Cruzada to prolong his time in office,
with additional power amid the absence of a
National Assembly to check him.
Source.... www. cuencahighlife.com