Daniel Noboa, son of one of the wealthiest men in Ecuador, was elected as the new president of the Andean nation on
October 15.
The 35-year-old Noboa of the right-wing National Democratic Action alliance accepted his victory, saying, “Today we have
made history. Ecuadorian families chose the New Ecuador. They chose a country with security and employment.”
The other candidate, Luisa González, ran for the left-wing Citizen Revolution Movement (RC) party. She aspired to be the
successor to former president Rafael Correa, who governed Ecuador for 10 years and managed to bring stability and
prosperity to the country.
González congratulated President-elect Noboa and thanked the Ecuadorian people for their support.
On the same day as the elections, outgoing President Guillermo Lasso congratulated Noboa for his victory against the
Citizen Revolution Movement.
In May, Lasso cut his four-year term short and implemented the Cross Death mechanism, a provision of the Ecuadorian
constitution. This procedure permits the president and the National Assembly to call for anticipated elections and ends
the terms of both Executive and Legislative powers in the country.
In the first round of these historic and widely anticipated elections on August 20, the Citizen Revolution Movement
swept the legislative side of the elections. The RC obtained 39.37 percent of the votes or 54 seats. However, the
right-wing forces won the majority of seats in the unicameral parliament.
However, there were irregularities in the voting system for Ecuadorians living abroad. The results will be official in
the upcoming days.
from the Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service