Ecuador Former President to sue Rafael Correa for moral damages

Ecuador, October 7, 2010.- Ecuador Former President Lucio Gutierrez said Wednesday he will file a criminal suit for moral damages against the current President Rafael Correa, who accused him of instigating riot police last week, which was qualified as ‘coup attempt’ by the Ecuadorian government.

Gutierrez returned from Brazil where he participated as an observer in the presidential election on Sunday and said to the state agency ANDES that “he did not keep any contact with members of the Police or the Army for years.”

“Ask you to the Prosecutor if there is some conversation between a police or military with me, this year, last year and since 2005.”

The current leader of the Patriotic Society was greeted by a large number of supporters at the airport in Quito, and from there he set out to present a claim for moral damages against Correa.

He will soon visit his partner Fidel Araujo who is an innocent victim, he says, although he was arrested on Tuesday and will remain under arrest for the next three months for inciting rebellion.

Former Ecuadorian President also criticized the kidnapping last Thursday of Correa in the National Police Hospital in Quito, because a person held against his will is not in a position to issue orders and give statements to the media.