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Ecuador Lawmakers Vote to Remove Gutierrez
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Apr 20, 2005 03:44pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Wednesday, April 20, 2005 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | QUITO, Ecuador - Lawmakers in Ecuador voted Wednesday to remove embattled President Lucio Gutierrez from office after a week of escalating street protests demanding his ouster, and they swore in Vice President Alfredo Palacio to replace him.
A special session made up of opposition legislators in the 100-seat unicameral Congress took less than an hour to reach the decision in a 62-0 vote in hopes of ending a crisis that was spiraling out of control with the threat of violent clashes between Gutierrez supporters and opponents.
Palacio, who broke with Gutierrez after they were elected, was sworn in by Congress President Cyntia Viteri after the vote.
Adm. Victor Hugo Rosero, head of the joint chiefs of staff, announced after the vote that the military had withdrawn its support for Gutierrez.
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