Otto Sonnenholznerformer vice president and former presidential candidate in the early elections of 2023, commented that there were not enough arguments for the incursion he committed Ecuador at the embassy of Mexico to capture the Jorge Glasalthough at the local level this event is popular and is seen as an action in the fight against impunity.
«At the international level, and in the defense that the Ecuadoreven by established jurisprudence requested by the Ecuador in 2016 in the case of Assange“That is not a justification for entering a diplomatic headquarters,” he said on April 9 in an interview with Direct contact.
He rescued the position of Uruguay about this event, who recalled that in international conventions, they must take special account in which cases it would not be appropriate to grant diplomatic asylum, including people prosecuted for common crimes.
Sonnenholzner He thinks that it should not be confused that the immunity that an embassy has means it becomes a bunker, although he assures that the institution of asylum can be abused. “It is better that tomorrow we do not have the ability to protect an innocent person,” he said.
Regarding the request that sanctions be imposed on Ecuador by the former president Rafael Correa, Sonnenholzner He said that there is no way to excuse the intervention in the Mexican Embassy, but that it is much worse to defend a request for sanctions.
He described that the position of Correa is inconsistent with what he did while he was president, when he showed his disagreement against the sanctions and blockades against Venezuela y Cuba.
“Maybe since he doesn’t live here it doesn’t affect him, but those of us who live here do affect us and we care about our country, and we hope that this mistake has no consequences and in that sense,” said Sonnenholzner.
He also stated that sanctions can be requested against officials, as they are responsible for their actions, but that responsibility cannot fall on the citizens.
According to Ecuavisa, Otto Sonnenholzner you want that Ecuador can quickly overcome this diplomatic crisis, although it estimates that a strong call for attention cannot be avoided. He trusts that the situation does not end in sanctions that affect the economy, life and security in the country.
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