Representatives of civil and business society in Quito announced that they will give “a constitutional fight” for the damages that the capital suffered in October 2019.
Outraged, this is how 16 people from Quito described themselves who announced that on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, they will present a protective action against president of the national assembly, Guadalupe Lloriand the State attorney, Inigo Salvador.
The reason: the amnesties granted by the National Assembly, the early morning of March 10, 2022, to 268 people; among them, those who led and participated in the protests and excesses and violence of October 2019.
Among the beneficiaries of the amnesties are the Perfect of Pichincha, Paola Pabonthe indigenous leaders Leonidas Iza and Jaime Vargas, and the politician Virgilio Hernández.
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“When we talk about amnestywe talk about forgiveness and forgetting”, said the lawyer Andrés Castillo, who is one of the 16 people from Quito who promotes the protective action.
If you give way to protective actionexplains Castillo, the amnesty is dissolved and the process continues. If not, they will go to the Provincial Court.
The group of representatives of civil society, companies and unions do not rule out carrying out peaceful mobilizations as well as promoting a process of recall against the assembly members of Pichincha who voted in favor of the amnesties.
For Diego Vivero, director of the Ecuadorian Restaurant Confederation, he said that it is necessary to set a precedent so that there is no impunity in favor of those who, with the national strike of 2019, generated serious affectations economy to the country and especially to Quito.
According to the Central Bank of Ecuador, October 2019 left damages and losses for $821.68 million.
Those losses Due to economic reasons, Vivero assured, many businesses and entrepreneurs did not have financial support to face the crisis caused by COVID-19.
Finally, after the announcements of legal and constitutional actions, a working table was formed to analyze what other measures can be taken to “defend Quito.” (AVV)
