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Political uncertainty is very costly for Ecuador

They are not Ecuadorian nor can they vote, but international markets are aware of the impact of the elections in Ecuador and thus, react according to the events. They have done so in these elections, but in a contradictory way between the first and the second round. After...
Posted On 18 Apr 2017
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Some media have not yet charge campaign publicity

About $ 2.5 million have so far been disbursed by the National Electoral Council (CNE) for payment to the media and billboard companies for the promotion of presidential hopefuls. The budget set by the agency for electoral promotion in the first round of elections was $...
Posted On 18 Apr 2017
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Alianza Pais wants to turn the electoral page

The members of the Alianza Pais party seek to overcome the chapter of the vote recount to focus on the succession of the Government and the new structure of the Legislature. At first, Franklin Samaniego, Legislator-elect of the ruling party, had said that tomorrow there would be...
Posted On 18 Apr 2017
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The CNE expects to conclude today the recount of the votes

An unexpected power outage tempered the explanation given by the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) Juan Pablo Pozo to the press on the counting process of 3,865 vote tally sheets scheduled for today, from 08:30, at the Rumiñahui Coliseum, in Quito. Even the...
Posted On 18 Apr 2017
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The ballot boxes will be opened tomorrow at 08:30

Sunday 16 the ballot boxes arrived at the General Rumiñahui Coliseum, in Quito, to be counted tomorrow by the National Electoral Council. This operation began at 06:00 Sunday and four hours later the first ballot boxes arrived from Imbabura and Chimborazo. Every truck carrying...
Posted On 17 Apr 2017
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Lasso appeals for a new manual count of all the vote tally sheets

The attorneys of the CREO-SUMA alliance have appealed this Sunday against the National Electoral Council’s resolution to deny the total re-counting of the votes and has requested a new vote-by-vote count. The representatives of the candidate representing the political...
Posted On 17 Apr 2017
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Extradition requests rose

  Extradition is one of the tools to try to bring them to the national territory. In that effort, the court lists at least five orders to the United States and Peru. In these countries, two people sought by the authorities were found. One of them is Carlos Pareja Yannuzzelli,...
Posted On 17 Apr 2017
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CREO appealed to the TCE to recount the votes

The appeal was filed by Padrón before the Contentious Electoral Court (TCE), in accordance with Section 269 of the Democracy Code, said a statement issued by the CREO-SUMA Alliance. This party considers that the count of 11.2% of the total votes, set for tomorrow by the CNE is a...
Posted On 17 Apr 2017
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Rafael Correa calls for action in Quito against ‘bad losers’

President Rafael Correa called on citizens to concentrate next Saturday, April 22, from 09:00, at the de los Shyris Tribune, with flags of Ecuador, in favor of democracy, institutionality, and peace, “to say enough to bad losers.” “Let´s go to Los Shyris street,...
Posted On 17 Apr 2017
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The internal lobbying for key positions begins in the Legislature

According to the results of the National Electoral Council (CNE), José Serrano, Gabriela Rivadeneira and Viviana Bonilla, all of the Alianza País (AP) party, will be the ones in charge of the directorate, sub-directorate, and the secretariat of the first session. The only point...
Posted On 17 Apr 2017
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