AP: Equador President Rescinds State of Emergency Day After Imposing It

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Ecuador President Rescinds State of Emergency Day After Imposing It
By Monte Hayes
Associated Press Writer

QUITO, Ecuador (AP)- Less than a day after imposing a state of emergency in the capital to quell protests, Ecuadorean President Lucio Gutierrez revoked the measure as thousands of people took to Quito's streets in defiance of the ban on demonstrations.
Gutierrez declared the state of emergency late Friday and also dissolved the Supreme Court, saying the unpopular judges were the cause of the street protests in Quito. His allies in Congress appointed the judges in December in a process widely viewed as violating Ecuador's constitution.

Speaking over national television on Saturday, Gutierrez said the purpose of the emergency decree had been the dismissal of the judges. He said he was annulling the decree because he had "obtained the principal objective, which is the dismissal of the Supreme Court... Little by little, tranquility is returning to the nation."

The military, which under the state of emergency was charged with maintaining public order, was not visible on the streets Saturday as thousands of people disobeyed the decree and staged a peaceful demonstration, punctuated by the honking horns and shouts of "Lucio Out!" and "Democracy yes, dictatorship, no!"

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1. This won't work--the only thing that Ecuadorian citizens and the

military are good at is getting rid of unpopular presidents. Gutierrez is as good as gone.