Ecuador: Government denounces vice presidency’s appeal against Noboa as attempted ‘coup’

Ecuador’s government said yesterday, Wednesday, that Vice President Veronica Abad’s request to the electoral court to remove President Daniel Noboa constitutes an attempted “coup”. Mr. Noboa and Ms. Abad have had strained relations since the beginning of their term in November 2023. Ms. Abad has been in Tel Aviv since late 2023: she was sent there by the president to support efforts to restore peace , in the midst of the war between Israel and Hamas. Ms Abbad’s petition to the electoral court – seen by Reuters and also naming Undersecretary Esteban Torres, Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld and presidential adviser Diana Hakome – claims Mr Noboa unfairly sidelined the vice president and harmed the fair representation of women in his government. The president “reduced my participation as a woman in political decision-making”, and tried to “remove me completely from public life” in […]
Source: News Beast

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