Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso dissolved Parliament on Wednesday (May 17th) on the grounds of a "serious political crisis" The unpopular right-wing president, who came to power in May 2021, is accused by the left of embezzlement in the context of a public contract for the transport of crude oil. The opposition considers that he had been warned of the existence of this device, but that he did not act to stop it.
This is the first time that a head of state has used this right of dissolution, a provision that can only be activated once during the first three years of the mandate.