(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Two Ecuadoran ministers announced on Thursday that they had
decided to quit from their positions in the government led by
President Guillermo Lasso, Trend reports citing Xinhua .
The two outgoing ministers are Juan Carlos Bermeo, Minister of
energy and non-renewable natural resources, and Bernarda Ordonez,
minister-ranking head of the Human Rights Secretariat.
The announcement of resignations, which took place just two days
after Defence Minister Luis Hernandez submitted his resignation,
came one month before the Lasso-led government completes its first
year in office.
The Ecuadoran presidency confirmed the resignations by Bermeo
and Ordonez.
Diego Ordonez, an Ecuadoran presidential adviser, told the local
television station 'Ecuavisa' that there was no cabinet crisis. He
said that the resignations were part of a process aimed at
strengthening the nation's governing team at the center.
Bermeo, who had served in the cabinet for 10 months, said that
it was time for him to return to his private professional
activities.
In the letter of resignation, Bermeo said that the ministry in
his charge had managed to cement the pillars of management in the
energy, hydrocarbon and mining sectors.
According to official sources, Bermeo could be replaced by
Xavier Vera, who currently serves as vice minister of mines.
Meanwhile, Ordonez gave up the presidency of the Board of
Directors of the Technical Agency for Social Rehabilitation, a
governmental organ responsible for making public policies in the
area.
Ordonez's resignation came at a time when the South American
country's prison system is going through a serious crisis
characterized by continuous prison riots since 2021, in which
dozens of prisoners had been killed in clashes between rival
gangs.
On April 26, Luis Lara was immediately appointed to replace
Hernandez as defense minister.
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