| Viviana Veloz | |
| Known For: | Member of the National Assembly |
| Occupation: | politician |
| Party: | Citizen Revolution |
| Nationality: | Ecuadorian |
Rebeca Viviana Veloz Ramirez is an Ecuadorian politician who represents the Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province in the National Assembly. She led the prosecution of President Guillermo Lasso in the National Assembly. This led to the President resigning and dissolving parliament which then required new elections. Veloz was re-elected and she was elected to be the Vice President of the Assembly.
Veloz was elected to represent the Province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas[1] with Ruiz Emerson Hinojosa as her substitute. The other assemblymen (sic) from her province are Jose Ricardo Chavez Valencia, Gruber Cesario Zambrano Azua and Amada Maria Ortiz Olaya.[2]
She served on the Permanent Commission on Biodiversity and Natural Resources.[3]
In June 2022, Veloz raised a formal protest against humiliating and insulting remarks made by the head of the Pachakutik caucus, Salvador Quishpe, in the National Assembly. She requested that he be suspended from the assembly for 30 days. Witnesses to the offending words included Jhajaira Urresta.[4]
On 24 June 2022 she was among the members who requested a debate concerning the replacement of President Lasso. 46 other members signed the request including, Victoria Desintonio, Vanessa Álava, Sofía Espín, Jhajaira Urresta, Patricia Mendoza and Rosa Mayorga.[5] In May 2023 Lasso's lawyer was contesting the case of corruption against President Lasso at the National Assembly. Veloz led the prosecution and gave evidence against Lasso[6] who said that the contract in question was signed years before he became President. Veloz said that embezzlement was spotted in the contract by the public company Flopec and Lasso had taken no action. Veloz recommended that Lasso should be punished and replaced as President. Some observers said that Ecuador's problems were more important than the trial. However Veloz showed videos and copies of letters to the assembly which were intended to prove his guilt.[7]
Lasso as President brought in the constitution clause number 148 known as Mutual death in May 2023 when he knew that he was about to be impeached. This required all of the National Assembly members to stand for re-election.[8]
Veloz was re-elected in August 2023 and when the National Assembly re-convened she became a vice-President of the Assembly. There were 99 votes in favour of her election and 24 against.[6]