In this Friday’s session, assembly members Bruno Segovia, Fernando Villavicencio and Comps Córdova will present requests for evidence related to the case, which will enter a new phase next week with the appearance of witnesses.

This week the prosecution took documents and requests to the Commission for 12 people to attend the legislative table, where they must demonstrate that the president was aware of irregularities in contracts between the state-owned Flota Petrolera Ecuatoriana and the Amazonas Tanker company.

Among those scheduled are: Luis Verdesoto, former National Secretary of Anti-Corruption Public Policy; Carlos Riofrío, Acting Comptroller General of the State; Hugo Aguiar, former manager of Petroecuador; Andersson Boscán, journalist for the digital media La Posta, among others.

Following the procedures that could lead to the deposition of the ruler,

President Lasso and his defenders have until April 16th to present their defensive arguments.

The terms established, in the Legislative Function Law, give the Commission a total of 30 days to prepare a report on the request for the prosecution of the president.

Regardless of the decision, 92 votes, equivalent to two-thirds of the full Assembly, are needed to reprove the head of state.

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