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Biography
Rosa Cerda (born ) is an Ecuadorian politician elected to the National Assembly of Ecuador. She is in the Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country party.
Life
Cerda was elected to the National Assembly of Ecuador as a member of the Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country.
In April 2022 she left her party and became an independent member of the National Assembly.
In December 2021 her fellow party member, Gissella Molina, was accused by the President, Guillermo Lasso, of taking a bribe to vote against an Investment Law project. Other members mentioned in the accusation included Cerda. Molina denied it and noted that no evidence had been offered to support the accusation.
Cerda did not attend a meeting in May 2022 at the prosecutors office in Quito to hear the case brought by Guillermo Lasso. Cerda's lawyer Gonzalo Realpe said that Cerda would not attend and that another of the accused, Édgar Quezada, would also not attend his hearing the following day.