Ecuador legislative commission backs impeachment process against Lasso

FILE PHOTO: Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso speaks during a news conference with Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Chaves (not pictured) at the Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia museum in San Jose, Costa Rica, March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mayela Lopez

QUITO (Reuters) - A legislative commission in Ecuador recommended on Wednesday that President Guillermo Lasso be subject to an impeachment process over alleged corruption at public companies.

The recommendation, which the government called "an attack on reason," is the first step of a possible process.