Elections in Ecuador: amid allegations and fraud

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-Ecuador, Citizen's Revolution Party does not recognize electoral results amid voting irregularities -Amid fraud calls, electoral authority announces Noboa as president -ALBA-TCP rejects fraudulent actions in elections

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00:00In Ecuador, the candidate for the Citizens' Revolution, Luisa González, did not recognize

00:19the results of the 2025 presidential runoff that gave the victory to current President

00:25Daniela Novoa. This way, González emphasized that her party's Citizens' Revolution has

00:31always recognized the electoral results, except Sundays. González denounced that previous

00:36opinion polls and surveys, including those of the national government, did not present

00:42a difference as alarming as the one of the votes seemingly counted. With many irregularities

00:48being denounced by voters and organizations, González demanded that the votes be recounted

00:53with the due transparency.

01:02I want to be very clear and categorical. The Citizens' Revolution has always recognized

01:08a defeat, in the last elections, when the polls and statistics have shown it. Today we do

01:16not recognize the results.

01:28I am going to be very clear, in the name of the men, women, children, young people, whom

01:49I represent, whom all of us who are here represent, in the name of the people we represent. We

01:58do not recognize the results presented by the National Electoral Council.

02:02After the denunciation of electoral fraud by the Citizens' Revolution candidate, Luisa González,

02:11the National Electoral Council of Ecuador proclaimed Daniela Novoa as the re-elected president of

02:17the country. After a process marked by irregularities with the government of Daniela Novoa and the

02:21CNA interfering in the electoral exercise, in addition, the members of the Citizens' Revolution

02:27denounced that the electoral body was uploading the minutes without signing them, which is

02:33a violation of the electoral laws of the country.

02:36What is the result of the election of the election?

02:44Staying in Ecuador, the vice-presidential candidate Diego Borja denounced irregularities in the electoral

02:49process, pointing out that the exit polls only showed a two percentage point difference between

02:55the two candidates. This is an extremely rare result, extremely rare, which gives us elements

03:04to say that it is absolutely desired. Look, some facts. There are 11 surveys that gave us the triumph

03:12of the binomial of the Citizens' Revolution. There are two exit polls, which are the measurements at the

03:19polling stations. One gave candidate Novoa the triumph, and the other gave us the triumph. In both cases,

03:28with a difference of around two percentage points. Neither his nor ours showed major differences. And now

03:37that the official results are given, we are with a difference of 12 percentage points in favor of Novoa,

03:42when neither the surveys nor their exit polls showed that.

03:52In this regard, the General Secretary of the Citizens' Revolution Party of Ecuador, Andrés Arauz,

03:57denounced through a social media post some of the irregularities detected during the electoral process.

04:03Arauz presented evidence of unleashed violations to the electoral law and showed

04:09meanings without the proper signatures. He warned, according to Article 127 of the

04:15the Code of Democracy, a policy that does not have the joint signatures of the President and Secretary

04:21of the Board, is not valid. However, he continued, the National Electric Council is uploading minutes

04:27without signatures to support the results. In all cases, they are in favor of Novoa.

04:41Regarding the accusations of important political personalities of Ecuador

04:45and the rest of the world about the electoral fraud of presidential candidate Daniel Novoa

04:49in the presidential elections of the country, the Executive Secretary of ALBA-TCP issued the following communiqué.

04:56In view of the development of the second round of elections for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency

05:02of the Republic of Ecuador, organized under a basic and unusual decree of state of assumption,

05:09having an important impact on the provinces with the greatest popular electoral tradition,

05:14in a context of general intimidation of the people and open advantage by the government of Daniel Novoa,

05:20the Executive Secretariat of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America, ALBA-TCP,

05:26categorically condemns these irregular actions that suggest the execution of a clear premeditated electoral fraud.

05:34The ALBA-TCP Executive Secretariat highlights the democratic spirit of the Ecuadorian people in the defense of their

05:42sovereignty and democracy and supports the demand for a review of the electoral process through a rigorous

05:50investigation, including a comprehensive audit of all procedures and measures, as well as the

05:56corresponding and transparent recount of the votes cast. This is the only way to guarantee respect for

06:02the will of the people and peace in the Sister Republic of Ecuador.

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