The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboasigned an executive decree this Tuesday by which he suspends the military security of the country’s vice president, Veronica Abadassigned as ambassador in Israel.
This provision reforms an article of another executive decree signed in June 2021 that refers to military security for the highest authorities of the Government, including the President and the Vice President.
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The Ecuadorian president’s provision restricts military protection to the Vice President, who will have military care when she is in the country.
The reform establishes that the Presidential Military Housein charge of protecting the main authorities, will provide security and protection “to the Vice President of the Republic, his spouse and family members when he is performing duties in the Ecuador”.
In addition, the security and protection of the relatives of the two senior leaders will be subject to “on the condition of receiving it”, which will be determined by the Presidential Military House based on a “technical report and risk profile”says the reform.
Last December 4th Daniel Noboa named Veronica Abad as your new ambassador in Israelwith the task of promoting peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and ordered him to have a fixed residence in Tel Aviv.
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This decision was accepted by Abad with some annoyance, which apparently warned of a distance between the two, something that the press had noticed since the electoral campaign for the October 15 runoff, since they did not appear together in proselytizing actions.
After winning the second electoral round, they only met at events in which they had to be present, such as the reception of credentials from elected authorities and the investiture ceremony.
Abad surprised when, before taking office, he made an international tour without prior notice where he met in Madrid with Santiago AbascalPresident of Vox (extreme right group); in Lime with the prime minister of Peru, Alberto Otarola; in addition to being photographed during the contest miss Universe in The Savior with the president Nayib Bukele.
