Moreno: The seat of Govt has been moved to Guayaquil

The head of state reiterated that he won’t back down from the decision to eliminate fuel subsidies.

During his short televised speech, the Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno informed the seat of government has been moved to Guayaquil. The president also went ahead to accuse that the protests against his government are financed by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa.

A few hours earlier, military personnel placed inside the presidential palace evacuated all press members that were waiting for 16h00 local time press conference from President Lenin Moreno.

The head of state reiterated that he won’t back down from the decision to eliminate fuel subsidies as he dubbed it “historic.”

According to the National Indigenous of Ecuador (CONAIE) around 20,000 people from various Indigenous communities are part of the march which demands President Lenin Moreno to reverse the neoliberal economic austerity package announced last Wednesday.

Sources: Pichincha Universal, teleSUR, El Comercio.