Lasso issued a statement saying he would not go to parliament but was available to speak to lawmakers at the seat of government "once all the programed testimonies have been given. The president claimed he had "every right" to know what other evidence has been given before testifying himself. He claimed he had made "legitimate investments in other countries" that he got rid of to allow him to stand in the election.
In response to Lasso's refusal to appear, committee president Jose Cabascango closed the parliamentary session by summoning the president "for a second time and in a mandatory manner" to appear Friday before the National Assembly. Pinera is the subject of a criminal investigation over the sale of a mine and faces the threat of an impeachment procedure launched by the opposition. Now, Llori has become the first Indigenous woman to preside over the National Assembly.
Even if Lasso governs with compromise at the forefront, the road ahead is not an easy one. Within four years, only two out of 24 ministers and secretaries maintained their original appointments. Additionally, Moreno had four different vice presidents, two of whom have been sentenced to jail time for charges ranging from embezzlement and unlawful association to bribery and extortion.
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Rocky road to economic recovery. His popularity has surged beyond his traditional political base thanks to an extremely successful vaccination rollout, which immunized over half of the population of 17 million in days. Benefiting him, too: an economic rebound following the lifting of domestic COVID restrictions, and his calls to reform discredited political institutions.
The result? Two-thirds of workers are underemployed, crime is rising and there has been a large spike in illegal migration to the U. This has led the Lasso administration to consider alternatives — going directly to the people with reforms on a multiple-question referendum, for example, or calling for new presidential and legislative elections in the hope he will be reelected along with a larger delegation in Congress.
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