Emilio Palacio
I am writing to you again to congratulate you, now for the victory that our diplomatic representation gave to the partner of the major criminals on Wednesday, Manuel Lopez Obradoron the court of the international Court of Justice.
The ambassador’s brilliant presentation Andrés Terán Parral and his team broke the nose of those who maintain that article 22 of the Vienna Convention (which prohibits intervention in diplomatic headquarters), is something like a mathematical postulate that does not need to be contrasted with reality. They forgot that the soul of the law is not in logic but in experience (as former Chief Justice of the United States Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. wrote), and hence judges should not behave like robots, ignoring the common sense, the greater good and circumstances.
The latter was precisely what Terán and his team did. They demonstrated with reliable evidence how Ecuador, until the last minute, tried not to continue down the path that the Mexican government had chosen months ago when it violated the Vienna Convention by giving refuge to a offender linked to drug trafficking. Unfortunately, there came a time when it was evident, beyond all reasonable doubt, that what López Obrador intended, in a sneaky and lying manner, was to facilitate the escape of the criminal so that he could continue doing harm from abroad; and it was then, and only then, when Ecuador acted, to avoid a greater evil.
I would like to advise you, Mr. President, not to give importance to those who do not want to recognize this extraordinary achievement under the pretext of any minor error. Filthy envy is what is most abundant in this world and that is demonstrated all the time. Notice how, almost at the same time as last Wednesday’s victory, a hidden campaign of lies and infamy was launched in our country (which has surely already reached your ears) against the Attorney General. Diana Salazaraccusing her of secretly promoting his presidential candidacy with massive acts of support in the streets, despite her repeated statements categorically denying that possibility.
Unfortunately that is the Ecuador that we inherited from the Correa and the Glas and that López Obrador misses so much. The immoral are praised and rewarded, and those who defend the Homeland are covered in shadows, suspicions and threats.
Even so, I would like to clarify to you, Mr. President, that I was the one who proposed that acts of support be carried out for the Attorney General, without consulting the Attorney General at any time, whom I do not know nor have I had the pleasure of greeting her; in such a way that these infamous people should dedicate their time to discrediting me and not the brave woman who today leads the fight against corruption.
The idea of demonstrations of support caught on immediately, with increasingly massive events, in which we have all agreed on a single message: Warn the mafias of National Assembly that we will not allow them to accuse and even worse condemn the Prosecutor.
Even so, it is our obligation to completely distort these infamies, and for that I dare to make a suggestion: Warn your close circle to be very careful about joining this campaign, and that instead they present legal proposals that allow the extension of mandate by Diana Salazar. These proposals could be presented by their supporters in the National Assembly or, if necessary, by the assembly candidates of the ruling party for the next elections.
I am convinced that with a flag like this, the triumph of its assembly members will be so resounding that there will be no force that can prevent this reform.