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“Let us treat ourselves with respect,” Lenin Moreno said to a journalist, asking him to call him president-elect
Posted On 05 Apr 2017
Sitting next to his colleague Jorge Glas and during a press conference yesterday afternoon at the headquarters of the ruling party in Quito, Lenin Moreno told Teleamazonas journalist Freddy Paredes, that from the moment of the announcement of the results he should address him as the elected president of Ecuadorians and not as a candidate.
“Mr. Paredes, I have always treated you with great respect, or have not I?” “I am – since the President of the National Electoral Council President gave the results – I am the president-elect of the Ecuadorians, do not treat me as a candidate in your TV channel, please, please. When you treat me with respect, I will also answer with respect. Please, from here on, let us treat each other with mutual respect, okay?
