The vice-president of Ecuador, María Alejandra Vicuña, you will have the time you need to defend against the charges against you. The president, Lenin Moreno, decided Monday to free it of its functions to front an investigation of the Prosecutor’s office for allegedly having charged their co-workers to access a position in your team. One of the consultants who worked with the Vicuña in its stage of assembly member he denounced it, with a statement sworn before a notary, for having demanded payments of between 300 and 1,400 dollars monthly to get and keep your job.
The vice-president noted, after the announcement of the president, which she herself had requested a leave of absence without pay until the 31st of December to prepare your “self-defense” without “affecting the management of the Government” and to “not distract from the fulfillment of multiple functions” that the president entrusted to him in January of this year. Then, María Alejandra Vicuña was elected as vice president in replacement of Jorge Glas, who is in prison for his involvement in the case of Odebrecht. Its functions shall in the interim assume Joseph Augustus Briones, who also will replace the former secretary general of the Presidency, Eduardo Jury. The latter is also questioned for his involvement in a company that acquired insurance to citizens, without their express authorization through the bank accounts.
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Holiganbet The decision to “liberate” the number two Executive coincided this Monday with another renewal of the cabinet of ministers. Two weeks ago, the chairman Moreno requested the resignation of all his ministers, as it did last may, to do an evaluation of your performance. As a result, the president has decided to run seven changes, including the replacement of two correístas meanings that still remained in the Government. In October, the national secretary of Communication, Andrés Michelena, had already criticized that Ecuador has “entrenched topos correístas” that inhibit making presidential. But it is not pointed to anyone in specific.
Fander Falconí, former minister of Education, he had various positions in the Executive, Rafael Correa, and this Monday has been replaced by Milton Moon, after the disagreements expressed publicly against the general budget of the next year. “It implies a contempt for public education, and it has serious technical errors. For 2019, would not have a single penny to the maintenance of 12.333 units public education in the country,” protested Falconí. However, the minister of Finance, Richard Martinez, was ratified in his position last week by the president.
he Also renewed confidence in the minister of Interior, María Paula Romo, who added to his portfolio the secretary of Management of the Policy. That position was occupied until now Paúl Granda, who was mayor of Cuenca four years ago by Alianza PAIS during the term of Belt. Finally, we covered the vacancy in the ministry of Environment and replaced the heads of the Center of Intelligence Strategic, the ministry of Tourism and the National Secretariat of Planning and Development.
