If they want to arrest me, then let them. I am innocent and I am not a criminal.

They have detained him,

I renounce (asylum) for political, civic and patriotic reasons to return immediately to Ecuador and retake power,

I will use all legal and constitutional means to retake power,

should be in prison paying for the crime of sedition and overthrowing the legitimate government of Lucio Gutierrez, and Lucio Gutierrez should continue governing honestly.

I hope our initiative will prompt an international echo, so that the Andean countries, Latin America, and the whole world will put pressure on Ecuador to bring back justice.