Ecuador: President has filed 21 lawsuits since 2007

Posted on September 12, 2016 • Filed under: Ecuador, Politics

panampost.com/elcomercio reported Rafael Correa, the president of Ecuador since 2007, has filed 21 lawsuits during his tenure, more than any other Ecuadorian president since 1979, according to an investigation by local newspaper El Comercio.

In 13 of the legal complaints between June 2008 and September 2016, Correa acted as a citizen rather than chief of state. Of those lawsuits, 10 were for libel, slander, moral damages, perjury, and false testimony. He received a favorable ruling in at least eight of these trials. Read Article

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