[Politics] Guillermo Lasso: We are going to defend Quito, we are not going to allow violence

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Two years after the mobilizations and paralysis of October 2019 and less than six months into the new government, President Guillermo Lasso came out to the balcony of the Carondelet Palace to address dozens of followers in the Plaza Grande and tell them that they will all defend Quito and they will not allow violence, excesses, aggressions and attacks.

In an intervention that lasted less than ten minutes and accompanied by his wife, María de Lourdes Alcívar; The Secretary General of Communication of the Presidency, Eduardo Bonilla, and other officials, Lasso said: “It is not possible that they want to make an apology for the crime on the part of those who two years ago intimidated Quito, wanted to set fire to a public building, kidnapped police officers and journalists attacked one of the journalists from behind ”.

The president's pronouncement comes at the same time that the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), an organization that broke off dialogues with the Government, holds a "October memory meeting", at the House of Ecuadorian Culture, by the " 529 Octubres ”, with other organizations such as the Peoples' Parliament, indigenous movement, po[CENSORED]r sectors, workers, women, students, neighborhoods of Quito.

More than 700 investigation cases were opened after the October 2019 national strike

“Those of us who owe nothing, fear nothing. Thank you for your support, that those in the House of Culture listen to us well, that here are the Quiteños and Ecuadorians who are going to defend Quito and we are not going to allow new excesses, violence, aggression and attack, we defend Quito all ”, was the message that the president sent them from the Presidency.

Lasso added that those who say they admire the Joker, from the Batman movie, respond that "the bad guys only win in the movies," that in reality those who want to defend Quito win. "I thank you for being present this day to remember the courage, the spirit of freedom, peace and harmony, which is the characteristic of this Quito, Light of America," he concluded.

LINK: https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/politica/guillermo-lasso-quito-movilizaciones-octubre-2019-defender-violencia-conaie-nota/