Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said Saturday he would step down if there is proof that he had ties with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the largest rebel group in Colombia.
"If I had the most minimal relation with the FARC as candidate or as president I will resign as president," Correa said in his weekly radio address. "We have never received illegal (campaign) contributions."
The president said he handed over proof of his innocence to the Organization of American States amid accusations that he had received money contributions from FARC rebels during his presidential campaign in 2006.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was leading a smear campaign against him, Correa added.
On March 1, Colombian troops bombed a FARC base in Ecuadorian territory and seized the computers belonging to the FARC's No. 2 leader Raul Reyes, who was killed in the raid. Ecuador broke relations with Colombia after the event, claiming that the raid violated its sovereignty.
Colombia filed a petition for the international police agency Interpol to study the FARC computers, which supposedly has contents showing links between Venezuelan and Ecuadorian governments and the rebel group.
Interpol Thursday released a report confirming the authenticity of the computer documents, which Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called a "clown show."
Source: Xinhua
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