On Monday, Ruben Molina, judge of the Specialized Judicial Unit for Penitentiary Guarantees of Portoviejo City, accepted a writ of habeas corpus in favor of Jorge Glas, who was vice president during the presidencies of Rafael Correa and Lenin Moreno.
In substantiating his decision, Molina mentioned that the Ecuadorian authorities had not adequately attended his needs and had violated his “rights to health and physical integrity.” In response to such decision, the administration of the President Guillermo Lasso announced that it will not release Glas.
“The Ecuadorian State’s institutions will file the corresponding legal resources and will not make any decision to release any citizen that violates the legal system and contributes to the judicial anarchy to which some judges are trying to lead us,” the Lasso administration said through a official statement.
Among other arguments for refusing to comply with the judge’s order, the Executive branch indicates that neither the State Attorney’s Office nor the national prison authorities were summoned to the habeas corpus hearing.
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