The Oversight Commission of the Ecuadorian National Assembly on Tuesday approved the start of the impeachment process against the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility. Gabriela Sommerfeldaccused by the opposition led by Correismo of breach of duty in connection with the diplomatic crisis with Mexico.

With five legislators voting in favor, three abstaining and one against, the commission began the justification process. Censorship trial of the impeachment of the Chancellor.

Sommerfeld was accused of dereliction of duty in connection with the diplomatic crisis with Mexico that arose as a result of following the violent police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, On April 5, arrest Jorge Glas, former vice president of the government of Rafael Correa (2007-2017), for whom there was a court arrest warrant.

Before a judge could order his arrest, Glas took refuge in Mexico’s diplomatic headquarters and At the time of his arrest, he was already enjoying diplomatic asylum. granted by the government of President Manuel Andres Lopez Obrador, and was waiting for an extension of safe passage that would allow him to leave the country.

The former vice president is currently being held in La Roca, Ecuador’s maximum security prison located in the coastal city of Guayaquil, while the governments of Ecuador and Mexico support proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Assembly Oversight Committee Chairwoman Pamela Aguirre made it clear that the qualification of the impeachment process against Sommerfeld complies with the procedure established in the legislative provisions that monitors compliance with the requirements of the request for censorship.

Assembly Woman Jajaira Urresta, opposition movement “Citizen’s Revolution”, led by former President Correa. On April 25, he submitted a request for impeachment. which had already been adopted by the Assembly’s Legislative Administration Council, the body that referred the matter to the Oversight Commission.

The parliamentary procedure includes a process of notification of impeachment of the Chancellor, which will be able to demonstrate whether he has fulfilled his duties, – commented Legislative Assembly member Aguirre, who is also a participant in the Citizens’ Revolution.

He clarified that starting this Wednesday fifteen days of the term will expire the parties must present the indictment and defense evidence.

After this period, “hearings on the presentation of evidence by the prosecution and defense” added the chairman of the supervisory committee.

On April 12, the Mexican government addressed the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN): Antonio Guterres, attack on the Ecuadorian embassy in Quito by Ecuadorian security forces.

Similarly, the Mexican government has asked the International Court of Justice to begin procedures for declaring Ecuador responsiblea trial that is already being heard in this court.