Samstag, 10. März 2007

Nichts für schwache Nerven... - Teil II

In Quito geht's rund - die 57 gefeuerten Abgeordneten haben sich jetzt ins Mariott Quito zurückgezogen und machen da quasi eine Gegenabstimmung. Draussen wird fröhlich protestiert (angeblich nicht soo fröhlich.. hay dos heridos de bala :/ )
Und die 57 Gefeuerten greifen zu immer radikalerer Ausdrucksweise:
Silka Sánchez (Prian): "Vivimos en una dictadura" impuesta por el presidente Correa. ("Wir leben in einer Diktatur", von Präsident Correa eingesetzt)
Gloria Gallardo: calificó a Correa y a su Gobierno de "dictatorial, autoritario, prepotente y asesino" (nennt Correa und seine Regierung "diktatorisch, autoritär, prepotent und mordend")
Pascual del Cioppo (PSC) "el orden democrático está roto y se está viviendo a partir de hoy día una dictadura". ("Die demokratische Ordnung ist zerstört, ab heute leben wir in einer Diktatur")

Andererseits ist niemand mit dem Ex-Arbeitgeber der einen gerade der Tür verwiesen hat so glücklich.

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This sums up this and the last entry:
Since approx. a week Ecuador is experiencing serious constitutional problems. It all started with President Correa wanting to install a new high political institution which would need the approval in a popular vote. He passed the law proposition through the Congreso but the Tribunal Superior Electoral (TSE; which is more or less the guardian of constitutional order) demanded some amendmends. When they were done, Correa signed the new proposition and handed it over directly to the TSE missing out on the Congreso. Congreso and TSE then started to struggle about competencies which led to the TSE actually dismissing 57 deputees of the Congreso. The question whether or not this is possible with the constitution was the big question of the last days. Normally, the TSE can dismiss any employee of the state but it is disbutable whether elected politicians are actually employees of the state.
Today the situation escalated. The national police was in the building of the Congreso - where eventually should not be as the Congreso holds their own security personal - and prohibited the 57 fired deputees to enter the building. At this point it should be mentioned, that the police eventually recieves its orders from the president. At the entrance were some physical fights in which one of the 57 was slightly hurt.
Now the 57 hold council in the Quito Mariott while around the hotel some demonstrations and obviously minor fights are going on. I read something about two people being hurt by bullets.
Inside the Mariott the wording gets rougher:
Silka Sánchez (Prian): "Vivimos en una dictadura" impuesta por el presidente Correa. ("we live in a dictatorship" imposed by president Correa)
Gloria Gallardo: calificó a Correa y a su Gobierno de "dictatorial, autoritario, prepotente y asesino" (calls Correa and his government "dictatorial, autoritary, arrogant and murderous")
Pascual del Cioppo (PSC) "el orden democrático está roto y se está viviendo a partir de hoy día una dictadura". ("The democratic order has been destroyed, we live in a dictatorship from today on")


But then, noone is really happy with the ex-boss who has just fired you.
[at this point: are actually english people reading this or am I doing pointless effort here?]

1 Kommentar:

Jester hat gesagt…

huhu,

hm, ich hab mir mal ecuadorianische news seiten auf englisch zusammengesucht... sowas is eh schnell zu finden, aber hier mal die adressen:
http://www.topix.net/world/ecuador (mit RSS feed funktion)
http://www.ecuador.com/news/ (ohne RSS feeds)

kann aber nochnet sagen, ob das gute news sind, sie sprechen das thema jedenfalls mal an, also wenns wen interresiert...

und ja... pass mir blos auf dich auf, ne. sei so gut und halt den politischen aktivisten in dir an kurzer leine ;)

aber spannend, alles(und bitte nicht die berichte über den vulkan weglassen ;)