Original sentence: On April 20, 2005, following a week of political unrest, the Congress of Ecuador (in a special session with opposition delegates only), on the ground that Gutiérrez had abandoned his constitutional duties (a dubious claim: at that moment he was still in the presidential palace and was forced to leave later), voted 62-0 (the great majority of PRE/PRIAN/PSP deputies were not able vote) to remove him from office and appointed Vice President Alfredo Palacio to serve as interim president
Edited sentence: On April 20, 2005, following a week of political unrest, the Congress of Ecuador (in a special session with opposition delegates only), on the legal pretext that Gutiérrez had abandoned his constitutional duties (which is not true, since at that moment he was still in the presidential palace and was forced to leave later), voted 62-0 (the great majority of PRE/PRIAN/PSP deputies could not vote) to remove him from office and appointed Vice President Alfredo Palacio to serve as interim president