FILE PHOTO: Ecuador's President-elect Guillermo Lasso reacts as he speaks to media in Quito, Ecuador April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's National Assembly on Saturday evening elected a representative of the Pachakutik indigenous political party as its president for the next two years, with the support of allies of conservative President-elect Guillermo Lasso.
Lawmaker Guadalupe Llori won the National Assembly presidency with 71 votes in the 137-seat chamber. She previously served as a local official in Orellana province in the Amazon region and was jailed during former President Rafael Correa's government on terrorism and sabotage charges after organizing protests against oil companies.
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