Ecuador studies other ways to keep the military on the streets despite the end of the state of emergency

MADRID, 1 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Minister of the Government and the Interior of Ecuador, Mónica Palencia, recognized this Monday that it would be unconstitutional to extend the state of emergency decree, which is why she reported that the authorities are studying other ways to maintain the deployment of the military in the streets of the country.

“The state of exception is going to end because our law constitutionally orders it,” said Palencia, who also referred to a ruling from the Constitutional Court that indicates that the situation in the country is not exceptional since crime has already become a normality.

Thus, although the Ecuadorian Magna Carta prevents the extension of the state of emergency decreed at the beginning of the year in response to a wave of violence in the South American nation, Palencia has stressed that there are other ways to keep the military on the streets, although He has not specified which ones.

On the other hand, the minister referred to the massacres and armed attacks that occurred this weekend in the provinces of Manabí and Guayas, and regretted that corruption has taken root to such an extent in Ecuador that it represents a “long-term” challenge. », collects the Ecuavisa chain.

The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, decreed a state of emergency for 60 days on January 8 in response to the wave of violence that hit the country not only in prisons, but also on the streets. Two months later, in March, he announced an extension that ends next week without the possibility of a new extension.

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