Game over for Assange? WikiLeaks founder could be OUSTED from Ecuador embassy on MONDAY
WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange faces being ousted from the Ecuadorian embassy on Monday if a banking baron wins this weekend’s presidential election in Ecuador.
By ALIX CULBERTSON
Express.co.uk
Fri, Mar 31, 2017
Guillermo Lasso, who is running head-to-head with vice president Lenin Moreno, holds a dim view of Ecuador protecting Mr Assange in its London embassy since 2012.
The conservative pro-business candidate is keen to push Mr Assange out of his safe haven after he said last month that the embassy “isn’t a hotel” and that Ecuador is in no position to finance the Australian’s food and care.
Mr Lasso, the majority share holder in Ecuador’s largest bank, Banco de Guayaquil, said protecting Mr Assange is “an unsustainable situation”.
Guillermo Lasso, who is running head-to-head with vice president Lenin Moreno, holds a dim view of Ecuador protecting Mr Assange in its London embassy since 2012.
The conservative pro-business candidate is keen to push Mr Assange out of his safe haven after he said last month that the embassy “isn’t a hotel” and that Ecuador is in no position to finance the Australian’s food and care.
Mr Lasso, the majority share holder in Ecuador’s largest bank, Banco de Guayaquil, said protecting Mr Assange is “an unsustainable situation”.
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