Correa sues Martín Pallares

Former President Rafael Correa has filed a criminal suit against journalist Martín Pallares, according to the 4Pelagatos website.

The former president accuses Pallares, one of the country’s most prestigious journalists, of allegedly uttering “expressions in dishonor” against him in an article published in 4Pelagatos in April 2017. According to Section 396, Paragraph 1, of the Criminal Code, this is punishable by a “custodial sentence of fifteen to thirty days.” Correa also claims “a civil compensation of damages fixed by the judge in charge of the case.”