Ecuador vice president sidelined by presidential decree

Record ID: 905312

  • Title: Ecuador vice president sidelined by presidential decree
  • Date: 4th August 2017
  • Summary: QUITO, ECUADOR (AUGUST 03, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** OFFICERS ON DUTY OUTSIDE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE SUPPORTERS OF ECUADOR VICE PRESIDENT JORGE GLAS AND PRESIDENT LENIN MORENO HAVING HEATED DISCUSSION OUTSIDE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE GLAS ENTERING NEWS CONFERENCE TO APPLAUSE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ECUADOR VICE PRESIDENT, JORGE GLAS, SAYING: "With or without specific duties I will continue to work at the same pace and with the same enthusiasm for my homeland, like I have done all my life, with the same passion and with the same commitment. I must confess something, since yesterday I have felt liberated because in two months I have see our revolution begin to dismantle, the ideals, the principles, the values. My mother taught me that loyalty is a virtue, I don't have to be ashamed of it. I am loyal to my principles of the Citizen's Revolution, of a political project that is a living legend." GLAS SHOWING COPY OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE TO MEDIA GLAS SUPPORTERS APPLAUDING DURING NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ECUADOR VICE PRESIDENT, JORGE GLAS, SAYING: "I must say that President Lenin Moreno, his secretary Eduardo Mangas and also those people who are following orders and denying my use of air transport available to the Vice President of the Republic of Ecuador are responsible for my security. I knew what I was facing when I expressed my opinion, my criticism, my rejection and my complaint publicly. I think this will mean Ecuadoreans will reform politics for the benefit of Ecuadoreans." GLAS STANDING UP AND SHOWING DECREE TO MEDIA WITH SUPPORTERS CHEERING AND APPLAUDING AS HE LEAVES NEWS CONFERENCE GLAS SUPPORTER CHANTING "LENIN MORENO, WE WILL REMOVE YOU JUST LIKE WE PUT YOU IN POWER" PROTESTER HOLDING UP POSTER WITH POLITICAL CARTOON GLAS SUPPORTERS CHANTING AGAINST MORENO
  • Embargoed: 18th August 2017 02:22
  • Keywords: Ecuador Vice President Jorge Glas President Lenin Moreno Quito decree
  • Location: QUITO, ECUADOR
  • City: QUITO, ECUADOR
  • Country: Ecuador
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016SQPC8Z
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Ecuador's Vice President Jorge Glas was relieved of his duties on Thursday (August 03), a day after he questioned government economic figures in his latest clash with President Lenin Moreno, who issued a resolution sidelining Glas.
    The resolution, which stopped short of firing Glas, accused him of not being a team player. It did not say how long the suspension of Glas' duties, including his leadership of efforts to repair damage from a 2016 earthquake, would last.
    At a news conference in Quito, Glas defended his political principles and said the Citizen's Revolution under the leftist government was being dismantled.
    Glas supporters protested outside the presidential palace in the capital to support the vice president, accusing Moreno of letting down citizens.
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