Blanca Sacancela
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Blanca Lucrecia Sacancela Quishpe is an Ecuadorian politician who served as a member of Ecuador's National Assembly. She defended the position of President Lasso who in May 2023 had to resign to avoid being impeached. He used a constitutional clause that required every assembly member, including Sacancela, to resign.
Life
Sacancela is a member of Ecuador's National Assembly and a member of the Permanent Commission of the Economic and Tax Regime and its Regulation and Control.{{Cite web |title=Sacancela Quishpe Blanca Lucrecia |url=https://observatoriolegislativo.ec/perfil/sacancela-quishpe-blanca-lucrecia/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=Observatorio Legislativo |language=es}}
In January 2022, she presented her draft of an Organic Law of Communes and Communities to the National Assembly.{{Cite web |title=Proyecto de Ley Orgánica de Comunas y Comunidades(Cod. AN-2022-2221 – AN-SQBL-2022-0001-M) |url=https://vlex.ec/vid/proyecto-ley-organica-comunas-895173456 |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=vLex |language=es}}
In June 2022, Yeseña Guamaní was called to defend a charge of breach of duties. A hearing was established which included assembly members Wilma Andrade, Ana Belén Cordero, Vanessa Freire and Sacancela.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-04 |title=Juzgamiento a la segunda vicepresidenta de la Asamblea Nacional entra a la recta final |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/politica/juzgamiento-a-la-segunda-vicepresidenta-de-la-asamblea-nacional-entra-a-la-recta-final-nota/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=El Universo |language=es}}
In March 2023 she failed to get a debate at the National Assembly regarding her proposal that the assembly's members should give 50% of their salaries to the victims of the recent earthquake.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-22 |title=Los asambleístas no dieron paso al debate para donar el 50% de su sueldo a damnificados por terremoto |url=https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/actualidad/44/la-asamblea-no-dio-paso-al-debate-para-donar-el-50-de-su-sueldo-a-damnificados-por-terremoto |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=El Telégrafo |language=es-es}} In April she defended the position of the President who was being accused of corruption. She said that the President Lasso's enemies were having to count votes and evidence as they did not have enough to vote down the President.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-14 |title=Blanca Sacancela: La oposición no ha podido sustentar el proceso de juicio político, lo único que le preocupa son los votos |url=https://notimundo.com.ec/blanca-sacancela-ni-siquiera-se-puede-sustentar-un-proceso-de-juicio-politico-contra-el-presidente-y-ya-estamos-hablando-de-un-resultado-final/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |language=es}}
In May 2023 Lasso's lawyer was contesting the case of corruption against President Lasso at the National Assembly. Viviana Veloz led the prosecution and gave evidence against Lasso.{{Cite web |last=Castellanos |first=Daniel Salazar |date=2023-11-17 |title=¿Quién es Viviana Veloz, primera vicepresidenta de la Legislatura en Ecuador? |url=https://www.bloomberglinea.com/latinoamerica/ecuador/quien-es-viviana-veloz-primera-vicepresidenta-de-la-legislatura-en-ecuador/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Bloomberg Línea |language=es}} Veloz showed videos and copies of letters to the assembly which were intended to prove his guilt.{{Cite news |last=Valencia |first=Alexandra |date=2023-04-26 |title=Ecuador opposition, lawyer for president duel at impeachment hearings |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/more-than-enough-evidence-remove-ecuadors-president-lasso-opposition-2023-04-26/ |access-date=2023-11-22}} Lasso as President brought in the constitution clause number 148 known as Mutual death in May 2023 when he knew that he was about to be impeached. This required all of the National Assembly members to stand for re-election.{{Cite web |last=Álvarez|first=Juan Pablo|date=2023-05-17 |title=What is cross-death, and what does it mean for Lasso in Ecuador? |url=https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/mercosur/ecuador/what-is-cross-death-and-what-does-it-mean-for-lasso-in-ecuador/ |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=The Rio Times |language=en-US}}