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President Daniel Noboa questions first-round results of Ecuador’s election | Elections News

Ecuadorian President Daniel Nubua I doubted the results of the last presidential race in the country, saying The results of the first round It appears to show “violations”.

On Tuesday, Noboa conducted an interview with Centro Ecuador, in which he expressed doubts about the results, despite his failure to provide evidence of any violations.

“There were many violations, and we are still counting,” Nubua said. “We are still checking some of the provinces as there were things that did not add.”

But independent election monitors quickly shot that there are no differences with the voting balance.

The American Organization (OAS) has sent a task to monitor the elections on Sunday. She said that her data confirmed the official results, within the margin of error.

“The mission, so far, has not specified or received indications of widespread violations that could change the election results,” the organization wrote in A. statement.

“At the same time, any complaint is invited to be submitted to the relevant authorities.”

Another group of the transparency of the elections, which the European Union sent, received a similar statement.

“We do not have one objective element there was any kind of fraud,” said Gabriel Matto, a member of the European Parliament participating in monitoring the Ecuador elections.

Matto indicated that all of Nuboa and his leftist rival, Louisa Gonzalez, have expressed reservations about the accuracy of the results.

The first round of voting with the candidates in a virtual tie, each of which receives about 44 percent of the polling cards. This means that they will follow the flow.

Matto said: “I regret that, in addition to the wrong information, there was a specific account of fraud in these elections,” Matto said. “There is no objective evidence to support this accusation or narration.”

A soldier stands next to the posters of Daniel Noboa
A soldier stands a guard during a campaign gathering for President Daniel Nuboa on February 6 [Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo]

History of the heads

Noboa and Gonzalez have long been opponents on the campaign trail. They went for the first time face to face in 2023, after the president at the time Gyremo Laso A constitutional mechanism was not used ever called “Muete Cruzada” or “crossed death”.

Which – which Melt The National Assembly ended the presidency of Laso early. Sudden elections were called to determine who will serve the remaining Laso term: 18 months.

The wealthy son of the banana industry, Nubua, was a person in the first period in the first period until the Legislative Council was dissolved.

Leaded by a newly created political coalition, Nubua entered the crowded race to replace Laso as a dark horse-an unlikely possibility. The candidate was Gonzalez, the ingenuity of former President Rafael Korea, a divisive figure in Ecuadorian policy.

Korea faced corruption and was sentenced to eight years in prison. He currently lives in exile in Belgium.

The 2023 race ended with Gonzalez and Nuboa’s competition against each other in the surface flow elections, which eventually won. He got 52 percent of the vote 48 Gonzales.

But the two remained critics of each other, which led Sunday match In the 2025 general elections. If you succeed in trying to re -election, Nooboa will win the first four -year period.

In an interview on Tuesday with Radio Centro, Nubua Jabis took the Citizen Revolution Party in Gonzales, accusing its members of issuing criminals from Ecuador prisons to influence the vote.

Meanwhile, his voters praised their collection to the polls, despite what he described as “threats” against them.

I am proud of the way the vast majority of Ecuadorians are spent in these elections. Despite thousands of threats, they decided to vote for progress. “

While Nubua added that he had evidence of his allegations, none of them were presented.

Meanwhile, Gonzales implicitly criticized Nubua that her voices had won through crime.

Voters [Citizen Revolution] It is neither drugs nor criminals, “she is to publish On social media.

She highlighted the fact that Nubua had failed to get rid of the increasing crime rates in Ecuador, despite the severe tactics in which the critics said he said Human rights violations.

Gonzalez also criticized Nubua due to the campaign violations: the president’s decision to re -election while authorizing the authority to Temporary Vice President Recently, unconstitutional.

Even former President Korea was weighing on social media. “What are the bad losers!” Korea He said From Nuboa and his allies.

Noboa and Gonzalez advance to the second round of April 13.

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2025-02-12 01:47:00

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