Ecuadorian President Requests Governor's Resignation Over Opposition Journalist Case
Muhammad Irfan Published November 24, 2020 | 02:50 PM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th November, 2020) Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno has requested the resignation of the Governor of the Napo region Patricio Espindola for involvement in the prosecution of a journalist who questioned his administration during the health crisis.
"The governor of Napo has the right to prosecute the journalist, but the government has the right to ask the governor to resign; as a citizen he can participate in all judicial processes he wants but as a representative of the government policy of tolerance and respect he cannot do it," Moreno said during his radio program De Frente con el Presidente on Monday.
The president's request came after the regional court sentenced journalist Juan Sarmiento, who questioned the Napo governor's response to the sanitary crisis in his Tendencia Digital program, to ten days imprisonment and a fine in the�moral damage and indignity case.
Recent Stories
Selection committee dissolved over Pakistan women cricket team's poor performanc ..
Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz in police uniform at Chung police center
Currency Rate In Pakistan - Dollar, Euro, Pound, Riyal Rates On 25 April 2024
Today Gold Rate in Pakistan 25 April 2024
Mired in crisis, Boeing reports another loss
Session Awarding Ceremony 2024 held at Cadet College Muzaffarabad
Austrian ski great Hirscher to make comeback under Dutch flag
Pakistan, Japan agrees to convene 'Economic Policy Dialogue'
FM Dar conveys deepest sympathy on torrential rains devastation in UAE
Spain PM Sanchez says weighing resignation after wife's graft probe
Tennis: ATP/WTA Madrid Open results - 1st update
Long-lost Klimt portrait auctioned off for 30 mn euros
More Stories From World
-
The Myanmar 'water brothers' salvaging shipwrecks on the tide
6 minutes ago -
Togo's legislative elections: What is at stake?
16 minutes ago -
US Supreme Court to hear Trump immunity claim
36 minutes ago -
Blinken calls for US, China to manage differences 'responsibly'
1 hour ago -
Norway oil giant Equinor's profit falls on lower gas prices
1 hour ago -
N. Macedonia's right-wing presidential candidate wins 1st round
1 hour ago
-
Vietnam court jails soft drinks tycoon in $40 million scam case
1 hour ago -
The guardian angels of the source of the Seine
2 hours ago -
Star Dudamel brings inclusive vision to New York Philharmonic
3 hours ago -
Paris dream of swimming in the Seine finally within reach
3 hours ago -
Portugal's Carnation Revolution, 50 years on
3 hours ago -
Tough times for Argentine factories as consumers penny-pinch
3 hours ago