Head of Guayas Province asks government to declare state of emergency, situation dire

The prefect said that Gauteng Jairala Jimmy asked the government to declare a state of emergency in the province “to establish the emergency and get the resources to cope with the ravages of winter.” “The alerts are declared on serve to organize evacuation shelters or have ready, but not to access resources,” said Jairala. Indeed, the official outlined that there are two ways to access additional resources. The first is the declaration of a state of emergency (Article 164 of the Constitution only gives that power to the President of the Republic, among other causes natural disaster), with which the Gauteng Provincial Council may then declare the state of emergency. Head of Guayaqs claims the storms and rains are very similar to the disaster of 1998 El Niño.Read Article