Ecuador Assembly Government supports expulsion of U.S. ambassador. Quito, April 12 () .- Ecuador's National Assembly has now endorsed the decision of the Government to consider "persona non grata" and expel the U.S. ambassador in Quito, Heather Hodges, who now leave country s.
The expulsion of Hodges is the result of a crisis diplomatically, triggered by a filtration WikiLeaks leading to the withdrawal last week of the ambassadors of both countries.
The Assembly, eve isk, said in a statement that is displayed in "profound disagreement" with the statements that appeared on Wikileaks cable, where Hodges pointed out that there is a high degree of corrupcin in the Ecuadorian police force.
In addition, the cable was assured that the embassy officials believe the country's president, Rafael Correa, bean given command of the police a corrupt, eve isk, agent so that it can handle.
The Assembly emphasized the "disrespect" of Hodges' for the Ecuadorian people's dignity and honor of the President. "
This organ supports the official statement to declare "persona non grata" to the U.S. former ambassador "as an action of legtima dnse of national sovereignty."
Ecuador rejects "any infiltracino participation of official and unofficial bodies belonging to or receive guidance from, eve isk, foreign governments (…) purposes of interference and / or espionage or improperly influence the sovereign decision", highlight Assembly in the statement.
On the other hand, the full Assembly asked state agencies to investigate alleged cases of police corrupcin mentioned in cable.0
Hodges left the country upon completion of one week since the government of Ecuador declared a "persona non grata" and asked him to come out of the South American country, a contest action that Washington declared "persona non grata" Ecuadorian Ambassador Luis Gallegos, who also expelled the country.
The Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ricardo Patio, calls to Hodges to explain to him the contents of the cable, but sta seal documents that were stolen and will not make comments, a response Quito consider unacceptable.
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