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President of Ecuador offers to resign
Brazil News.Net
Saturday 17th May, 2008
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has said he will step down from office if it is proved that his government backed the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, otherwise known as FARC.
Correa made the comment amid allegations by Colombian authorities that FARC, who hold former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and over 700 others hostage, may have given funds to Correa's presidential campaign and that his government may have granted protection to the rebels.
'If they prove that, I put my position in the hands of the Ecuadorian people,' Correa said.
The allegations are based on the contents of computers seized March 1, following a cross-border raid by Colombian forces on Ecuadorian territory.
FARC number two Raul Reyes was killed in the operation, along with 25 people including one Ecuadorian citizen.
Colombian officials have said that the computers hold files that refer to the alleged support that Venezuelan and Ecuadorian authorities gave FARC, as well as rebel plans to expand in the region.
Correa stressed that the international community would not have any reason to believe what the rebels say, even if they said such things.
Correa said he has asked the Organization of American States to carry out a probe to establish whether the allegations against him are true.
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baku
05-18-08, 05:25 AM |
President of Ecuador offers to resign
We do not know if he really telling the truth or not. If a country allowed a rebel group or bandits to operate in your territory and obligate your self to put an unbrella to protect them and them you might be involved.No matter what you do you let them in your house and bed them ,you are involved.
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wacama
05-18-08, 11:29 AM |
He need to resign.Baku is right.Ultimano...
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