Ecuador’s Moreno warns Assange not to interfere in politics

Ecuador’s new president Lenin Moreno warned Julian Assange not to interfere in the politics of the South American country, whose embassy the WikiLeaks founder has lived in for the past five years.

The election victory of Moreno, who took office Wednesday, came as a relief for Assange after the socialist president’s conservative rival had vowed to kick him out of Ecuador’s London embassy.

On the night of the election in April, Assange took to Twitter to celebrate Lasso’s loss. But Moreno – speaking at a ceremony at Cochasqui archeological site in the northern Andes – ‘respectfully’ asked the Australian ‘not to interfere in Ecuadorian politics, nor in the politics of its allies.’

“His status does not allow him to talk about the politics of any country, let alone ours,” he said.

It was Moreno’s second warning for Assange in as many months, after he urged him following his election victory to ‘not meddle’ in Ecuador’s affairs. — AFP