Description
Added on the 08/01/2020 08:59:09 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Security forces stand guard outside the Carondelet presidential palace in Quito after Ecuador's President Guillermo issued a decree dissolving the legislature. In dissolving Congress, Lasso also called upon the National Electoral Council (CNE) to call new elections. It is the first time a president in Ecuador has dissolved the legislature. IMAGES
Security forces patrol outside the main gate of Ecuadorian National Assembly after president Guillermo Lasso dissolved the Congress amidst impeachment proceedings over alleged corruption. In dissolving congress, Lasso also called upon the National Electoral Council (CNE) to call new elections. IMAGES
Ecuador's army and police forces patrol outside the National Assembly in Quito after President Guillermo Lasso, who is weathering impeachment proceedings in Congress over alleged corruption, issued a decree dissolving the legislature. In dissolving congress, Lasso also called upon the National Electoral Council (CNE) to call new elections. IMAGES
Israeli security forces scuffle with protesters during a rally against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the coastal city of Tel Aviv. IMAGES
A large police force is deployed in Paris on the Champs-Elysées, Place de la Concorde and in front of the National Assembly, where gatherings are forbidden by the police after two evenings of demonstrations over the pension reform. IMAGES