This Sunday, Ecuadorians elected young businessman Daniel
Noboa became the country’s next president in a contest where he faced Correísta Luisa González.
Some 13.4 of 16.9 million Ecuadorians had to vote compulsorily between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. to elect a presidential formula in a polarized country barely clamoring for change in the wake of the unpopular Lasso government.
According to the CNE count, Noboa (83.96 percent) received 52.23 percent of the votes (4.5 million votes), while Luisa González received 47.77 percent (4.1 million votes).
Noboa, 35 years old and supported by right-wing forces, thus became the youngest president in Ecuadorian history. and he will face serious challenges as president.
Institutional crisis that led to the dissolution of Congress and the early departure of conservative ruler Guillermo Lasso. He participated in the relentless violence that drenched the country in blood and killed Fernando Villavicencio with a firearm, one of the favorite candidates for the presidency on the eve of the first round.
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The new president will take office in December to complete Lasso’s unfinished term and will rule the country until May 2025.
The law allows him to run in the next election (2025-2029) as well as for re-election (2029-2033); This opens up the unusual possibility of a term extension, which experts say will determine the tone of the next election. state
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“The winner will almost always campaign, that is, promote himself to reach 2025, and this will bring up many governance issues as well as people’s expectations,” said Pablo Medina of the University of San Francisco.
Follow minute by minute the decisive presidential runoff in Ecuador.
Whoever wins the presidential election this Sunday will face a big challenge in creating agreements in the House. Of the 137 seats contested in August, the Revolución Ciudadana movement, led by former president Rafael Correa, won more than fifty.
The Construye movement, whose presidential candidate was Fernando Villavicencio, who was killed while leaving a rally in Quito on August 9, surprisingly came in second place.
(Continue reading: Ecuador: ‘Crime was well organized while the state was lost’)
Construye will reach around 27 seats, followed by the conservative Social Christian Party (PSC) with fifteen seats; and the National Democratic Action alliance (ADN) from Noboa, with just over a dozen councillors.
Then small groups emerge, such as former presidential candidate Otto Sonnenholzner’s Actuemos; Pachakutik, the political arm of the indigenous movement: Claro que se puede by former presidential candidate Yaku Pérez; Reto, Centro Democrático, Amigo and other local groups will also contribute to the integration of the majorities.
With this panorama, any of the two finalist candidates who managed to win Sunday’s elections need to analyze the political deals Although it would be easier for González to join the majority bloc in the National Assembly, achieving a manageable environment.
Slightly more complex, Noboa could direct his strategy towards building a majority with eventual allies such as Construye, who could play against Correism as he has openly criticized this trend.
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL EDITOR
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Source: Exame
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