“Guillermo Lasso unleashed hatred, racism, lies and threatened death on December 21,” says the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE).
In a statement they expressed their concern for the safety of the president of this organization, Leonidas Iza, who, in an interview with Radio La Calle, also held the President responsible for what happens to his life.
«It must be made clear that the President of the Republic no longer speaks of a destabilization triumvirate, now the only person responsible would be Mr. Iza. Yesterday he just declared me an enemy of the State, “he said.
This, after President Lasso has said that Iza is an anarchist, that he will be faced with all the power of the State and that he will end all his bones in jail.
«The peoples, nationalities and popular sectors ask ourselves: Is Lasso’s wish to see dead the representative of the largest indigenous organization in the country? Threatening someone with death and publicly is far from a balanced policy, therefore, we hold Guillermo Lasso responsible for any attempt against the life and integrity of the president of CONAIE, “they responded in the statement.
Guillermo Lasso directly accused Iza of being responsible for the burning of the Comptroller’s Office, as well as other events that the Prosecutor’s Office is investigating and that the indigenous leader has collaborated to clarify.
“There is not a single piece of evidence that shows that the burning of the Comptroller’s Office came from the protesters. On the contrary, there are testimonies – including the Surrogate Comptroller Valentina Zárate herself – who say that the burning of the Comptroller’s Office came from within: that it was a self-attack, “added CONAIE.
At another point, Lasso also blames him for the attack on a Teleamazonas journalist, for which the Conaie clarifies that there is no connection to this attack either.
“The Executive cannot intervene in justice, the judges have not found any element of conviction to sentence members of the Indigenous Movement of the slander expressed by Lasso. It is serious that the Government wants to be judge and party, and say who should, or not, be in jail. This is an extremely anti-democratic and authoritarian attitude, “said the organization.
Lasso’s statements occurred within the framework of an announcement of the execution of the 13 assembly members of Pachakutik who have voted with the government.
«Lasso says that we are against democracy, when we defend popular, plurinational democracy and fight for the participation of the majorities. Therefore, we are against a political system that is not democratic and that serves the richest. In addition, the Government attacks collective rights, and evidences Lasso’s abysmal ignorance about indigenous jurisdiction, forms of administration of power and justice, ”concludes Conaie.
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