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The Government of Ecuador urges the vice president not to declare in public without authorization

The government of Ecuador this Wednesday urged the vice president and ambassador in Israel, Abbot Veronicanot make public statements without authorization and prior instructions from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, Gabriela Sommerfeld.

In a note, Abad informed that he received a letter from Chancellery Ecuadorian with this disposition, after having offered a series of interviews to the Ecuadorian and Colombian media in which he spoke about a circular migration agreement with Israelbut also recalled his differences with the president Daniel Noboa.

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Itamaraty confirmed this Wednesday that, “through various official communicationsthe ambassador to Israel was instructed to refrain from public statements that could affect negotiations on the working agreement, which is being secretly processed between the two state”.

“There has been misinformation about its scope and this creates false expectations among the population”indicated sources from the Najas Palaceheadquarters of Chancellery Ecuadorian, after Abbot highlighted that the agreement involved around 25 thousand jobs.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also noted that it was instructed Abbot for what “Any public statement on foreign policy must be previously authorized by the Chancellery”.

“Foreign policy is dictated by the President of the Republic and the Chancellor executes it through the respective instructions he gives to the Ecuadorian Foreign Service”, added the Chancellery.

In that regard, Abbot stated in his statement that his intention was never to prevent the targeted processes achieve the development of national objectives and anticipated that it will respect the guidelines established by the Chancellery.

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No direct communication with Noboa

Hours earlier, the vice president acknowledged in an interview with Radio La W, Colombiawho does not have direct communication with Noboa and considered that he is not complying with the electoral program with which he won last year’s presidential elections.

The distance between Noboa It is Abbot It started from the same electoral campaign, marked by a series of statements by the then candidate for vice president that, apparently, did not please the businessman, with whom he never met in any public meeting throughout the second round campaign.

Once elected, Abad went on an international tour where he met Madrid with the president of the far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal; in Lima with the Prime Minister of Peru, Alberto Otárolais at The Savior He took a photo with his president (currently on electoral leave), Nayib Bukeleduring the celebration of the Miss Universe contest.

On his first day in office, Noboa trusted Abbot such as the duties of vice president to permanently establish themselves in Tel Aviv as a promoter of peace in the Gaza Strip and days later gave her the position of ambassador for Ecuador in Israel.

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“They can’t exile me for thinking differently”

“In fact, I think (Noboa) is not listening to me, but to many people who undoubtedly demand this change that Ecuador needs in its roots and in its structure, if we want to talk about a future for Ecuador”, Abad commented to Rádio La W.

The vice president stated that Ecuador is a country democratic: “It is not because I express my different thoughts that I can be persecuted or exiled or do anything for thinking differently.”

“Unfortunately, what was proposed in the campaign is not being fulfilled”said Abad, for whom “the beginning of the cancer” that Ecuador is experiencing today with the violence of organized crime gangs began with the Constituent Assembly sociocommunist“, in reference to the 2008 Constitution promoted by the then president Rafael Corrêa (2007-2017), follower of the so-called 21st Century Socialism.

“I am not a woman with socialist thinking, I never have been and I never will be. I do not participate in these values ​​because throughout history the only thing that led to the execution of these values ​​was poverty, chaos and violence. It was never in my plans to agree with the same people as always, who brought that Constituent Assembly in 2008 to the country.”concluded.

Source: Elcomercio

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