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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Alexandra Valencia

Ecuador's top court paves the way for early national elections

FILE PHOTO: Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso addresses the nation next to members of government, after he dissolved the National Assembly by decree, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections, a day after he defended himself in an impeachment hearing, in Quito, Ecuador May 17, 2023. Bolivar Parra/Ecuador Presidency/Handout via REUTERS

Ecuador's Constitutional Court on Thursday paved the way for early legislative and presidential elections, rejecting a series of cases brought by opposition politicians to block President Guillermo Lasso's decision to dissolve the National Assembly.

Members of opposition parties, along with social organizations, had presented six separate cases to the court, asking it to declare Lasso's decision to dissolve the National Assembly by decree unconstitutional.

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