QUITO: Ecuadoreans' rejection in a referendum of proposals including allowing extradition for organized crime were not a 'dramatic' setback for the administration of President Guillermo Lasso, Government Minister Francisco Jimenez said on Tuesday (Feb 7). A majority voted 'no' to all eight questions posed
QUITO: Ecuadoreans' rejection in a referendum of proposals including allowing extradition for organized crime were not a"dramatic" setback for the administration of President Guillermo Lasso, Government Minister Francisco Jimenez said on Tuesday .
Attempts to give the attorney general's office more autonomy to choose prosecutors and reduce the number of legislators in the 137-seat assembly were among the proposals rejected. The results have came at a difficult time for Lasso, who is struggling with worries about law and order including anti-mining protests by indigenous groups that have hurt the economy, and widespread gang violence in prisons.
Lasso has repeatedly clashed with lawmakers opposed to his security and economic reforms, with some assembly members attempting to oust him during demonstrations last year.
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