In a letter published on social networks, Jiménez stated that it was an honor and a great learning opportunity to have accompanied the president on this journey.

Caicedo, another of the most trusted men for the ruler resigned from his post as Government Advisor.

By the way, Assemblywoman Viviana Veloz, president of the legislative commission investigating the alleged network of corruption in public companies, pointed out that just when Caicedo was asked to appear, he resigned.

“They care more about watching his back than rendering accounts to the country. The failure of the regime leads us to the abyss,” Veloz wrote on Twitter.

Lasso is expected to install the new authorities in these and other posts this afternoon, including some provincial governors.

It is unofficially known that Henry Cucalón, a former member of the right-wing Christian Social Party, was appointed to take Jiménez’s place in the government ministry.

These changes occur as a result of the electoral setback of the ruling party at the polls last Sunday, when the citizens rejected the eight questions of their constitutional referendum and favored candidates of a progressive tendency for mayors and prefectures.

ef/rgh/avr