Ecuador assembly backs report calling for Lasso impeachment process

  QUITO --- Ecuador's National Assembly on Saturday voted in favor of a report which recommends opening an impeachment process against President Guillermo Lasso, accusing him of corruption over dealings in public companies. The report, which is not binding, was approved by 104 of Ecuador's 137 lawmakers in an expected rejection of Lasso's leadership. Lasso, a conservative former banker, does not have a majority in the National Assembly and has repeatedly clashed with lawmakers, some of who tried to oust him in 2022. The report was presented on Wednesday by a commission of seven mostly opposition lawmakers who examined accusations that positions and contracts at Ecuadore...Keep on reading: Ecuador assembly backs report calling for Lasso impeachment process

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