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Rafael Correa thanks the support of the Rafael With You Always collective for collection of signatures, but reiterates he will not go for re-election
Posted On 19 Aug 2016
Thursday President Rafael Correa thanked his supporters of the ‘Rafael With You Always’ collective who promoted the collection of 1’245.000 signatures in order to start a referendum that would facilitate the re-election of the president, but he reiterated he will not run for the elections of 2017.
“Thank you dear young people. Thanks to the ‘Rafael with you always’ collective. Is a great joy for a president to see thousands of young people mobilized so I can stand again for re-election.” This was one of 15 tweets Correa wrote on his Twitter account to thank the members of the collective.
“I’m sure that if I was a candidate I would defeat them again: there is a legacy, a consciousness, a new country. But my decision has been taken I have a debt to my family, and, above all, there are valuable candidates representing AP (Alianza PAIS) who can take the post,” said the president.
