Ecuador's legislature to investigate president over Pandora Papers
Issued on: 11/10/2021 - 06:10
Modified: 11/10/2021 - 06:08
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Quito (AFP)
Ecuador's legislature on Sunday voted to open an investigation into whether President Guillermo Lasso broke the law by keeping assets in tax havens, after the Pandora Papers leaks.
Lasso, Ecuador's first right-wing president in 14 years, is among scores of politicians, businessmen and celebrities who appear in the Pandora Papers, an investigation by an international consortium of journalists that exposed secret offshore accounts.
The probe of Lasso's activity will be conducted by the country's Constitutional Commission within 30 days, the legislature said in a statement.
The investigation is meant to determine whether the 65-year-old president "may have breached" the norm that "prohibits candidates and public officials from having their resources or assets in tax havens," the legislature said.
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