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| Ecuadorian president denies plan to dissolve parliament |
| 2010-10-08 |
| (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa denies on Wednesday any plan to dissolve the National Assembly and to advance general elections. "We do not see the need" of dissolving the National Assembly, Correa said, adding that there was no difficulty for it to vote on the government's law projects. "We will not dissove the assembly, because there are decent people in the assembly, who have decided to unite, to create a great front to defend democracy," Correa told the press. However, due to policemen's riot last week, the government mentioned the possibility of dissolving the assembly, Correa said. Correa said that in Ecuador there was a risk of destabilizing democracy because there is people "of counter revolutionary ideology," but his government would not allow the formation of paramilitary groups in the country. According to Correa, the police rebellion on Sept. 30 was the result of "hate and misinformation", as the opposition had infiltrated them. Correa said that each day there was more evidence to prove that the police rebellion had been planed and it did not have labor goals, but to conspire against his government and kill him. He added that never again he would allow people to attempt against the Ecuadorian government. After the police rebellion on Thursday, many opposition sectors urged on Wednesday dissolution of the assembly. |
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