Shuar population in Morona Santiago Cannot Vote

Three neighborhoods in the Tras Cutucu zone, of the shuar population, did not receive their electoral material. Pepe Acacho, former president of the Federation of the Shuar – Ficsh center in the zones of Yaupi, Yapi and Tukup did not receive their voting material. Around 2,000 voters will not cast their vote, this will affect the results of the province.

Jimmy Gualan, the province director, informed that they are solving the troubles, and that a helicopter would be covering the Tukup estate to supply them with electoral material. In Macas, the electoral process was performed with normality, with a simple civic act in Don Bosco highschool, the authorities of CNE began the electoral process.

After the tour through several estates, few were the locations affected by the delay of the voting polls; this caused a common contempt among the voters who traveled from afar to cast their vote.

Source: Dairy El Universo