Ecuador’s Lasso Vows to Check Options After Investment Bill Loss
- President posts tirade on social media, rails against assembly
- Lasso sought approval for fast-track investment bill
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Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso on Thursday said he was exploring constitutionally legal actions to react to the rejection of an investment bill by the National Assembly.
In an angry video distributed on social networks, Lasso said opposition lawmakers refused to vote for the bill because he wouldn’t agree to handing out cash or the management of assets like hospitals or power companies in exchange for votes.