Ecuador, political organizations, social movements and legal groups have denounced electoral fraud

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*Citizen's Revolution Movement denounced fraud and rejected the results issued by the electoral authorities *Citizen's Revolution Movement is already taking action against Noboa fraud *Prior to presidential elections the electoral body should have analyzed illegalities committed by Noboa *Possibility for Ecuadorians to exercises their right to vote from abroad in counties such as Venezuela was denied

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00:00In this regard, national and international organizations and movements have also denounced

00:04an electoral fraud in the Ecuadorian elections demanding a recount of votes

00:08by the National Electoral Council. Gabriela Mena brings us more details.

00:14In Ecuador, political organizations, social movements, and legal groups have denounced

00:21electoral fraud, warning about irregularities in the process that gave NOBOA the victory.

00:26They emphasize that there was a manipulation of minutes and irregular prohibitions to disrespect

00:31the will of the Ecuadorian people.

00:36In addition, on this occasion, there was no opportunity for the citizens to photograph

00:40the votes, and this, of course, is the result of the distrust that the Ecuadorian people

00:45have in their president of the republic. We are living before the state of Caprice,

00:49and this cannot be given in the legal system.

00:52The point on which several analysts and political organizations agree, from the beginning and

01:02after the conclusion of the elections in Ecuador, the citizen revolution rejected the electoral

01:07results and denounced fraud, affirming that they did not remain with their arms crossed.

01:11But what are the ways that must be complied with to denounce electoral fraud?

01:15First, a political actor must present a denunciation before the National Electoral Council. This document

01:21must be supported by arguments, photographs, testimonies, and reports that validate the irregularities,

01:27and in a period of up to one year, the ruling can be announced.

01:30For the analyst Ramiro Rividenera, this would not allow NOBOA to be sworn in this May 24th.

01:35It is clear to me that we are dealing with a much more complex fraud than what could exist

01:46with respect to the accounting of certain votes. It is not only a question of numbers. It is not

01:51only a question of accounts. Behind this, there is an accumulation, a lot of edges that have

01:56to be analyzed, and from there it is important to open the minutes.

01:58The contentious electoral tribunal, prior to making the proclamation of the official results,

02:11must resolve the illegalities committed by NOBOA. Starting with the lack of request for a license

02:15to the National Assembly to initiate the campaign period, he did not entrust the presidency to

02:20Veronica Abad, the use of state funds for campaigning, and the declaration of a state of exception just

02:26hours before the beginning of the election day.

02:28However, what the court has done to somehow say that it is doing its job is to channel several

02:37of these complaints into one. Of these five, there is still no definitive resolution to tell us what

02:42has happened.

02:45It is necessary to mention that, to this accumulation of illegalities, it has added the implementation of a law

02:54by the National Electoral Council, and at the same time denied the possibility to Ecuadorans to exercise

03:00their right to vote from abroad, in countries such as Venezuela, where Luisa Gonzalez had a high number

03:05of supporters.

03:10All these things make a context in which the final results are bulky. They do not make any statistical sense.

03:15In all this context, it seems to me that what is really responsible is that people do question how

03:20this type of issues could have occurred. Experts question whether the authorities will act

03:29legitimately without tipping the balance in favor of NOBOA and not declaring fraud. And the fact is

03:34that unions denounce that NOBOA has the powers of the state monopolized.

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