Former presidential hopeful Guillermo Lasso has tweeted Monday night that President Lenin Moreno has “five million new reasons to require the resignation of his vice president.” And he adds that if he does not do it, “history will not absolve him.” Lasso made this statement after the Televistazo newscast revealed that businessman Tomislav Topic, owner of the Telconet company, last week confessed to the Public Prosecutor’s Office he paid five million dollars in commissions to Ricardo Rivera, uncle of Vice President Jorge Glas, for his help in closing deals with Odebrecht and Chinese companies. Read more>>
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