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Congress 62 - Gutiérrez 0

Submitted April 20, 2005 - 3:37 pm by Teofilo Ballve
Apparently, Ecuador's Congress has voted to "dismiss" Gutiérrez in unanimous decision that took less than an hour to decide, according to an Associated Press article.

The President is nowhere to be found and the AP reports Gutiérrez is said to be hiding in the Palace but that the armored detail previously guarding the grounds have retreated.

Adds the article:

'Congress in representation of the Ecuadorean people has proceeded ... to declare Col. Lucio Gutierrerez in abandonment of the position of constitutional president. Therefore, he has been ceased in the position,' Congress President Cyntia Viteri, who was elected to the post Wednesday, declared after the vote

Vice President Alfredo Palacio is presumably Ecuador's new President. Let's hope Palacio's break with Gutiérrez signals a future of more independent and respectable policies for Ecuador, and not another two-faced V.P. that betrays his people.

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