The young businessman Daniel Noboa was declared the winner of the extraordinary presidential elections in Ecuador this Sunday by winning in the second round against Luisa González, Correismo’s presidential candidate for this election campaign, EFE reported.
With 90.23% of the votes counted, Noboa received 52.29% of the vote compared to González’s 47.71%, a lead of 4.58 percentage points that National Electoral Council (CNE) President Diana Atamaint declared “irreversible.”
These percentages mean that The candidate of the National Democratic Action Alliance (ADN) received 4,855,586 votes compared to 4,429,850 votes of the candidate of the Citizen Revolution, the political movement led by former President Rafael Correa. (2007-2017).
This is converted into Noboa, 35, the youngest elected president in Ecuador’s history and prevented González from becoming the first woman to win a presidential election. Voting without incident
The day reached a Participation of 82.33% of the more than 13.4 million Ecuadorians called to vote this Sundayon a day that passed normally and without serious incidents, as emphasized by the CNE and the Organization of American States (OAS) election observation mission.
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So, The businessman and former MP, heir to one of the richest families in Ecuador, achieved the presidential seat, which his father, the banana sector magnate Álvaro Noboa, had opposed five times.who was a presidential candidate five times during his political career.
Noboa will take care of that Ecuador’s presidency is scheduled to complete the period 2021-2025, completing the mandate of the current president, the conservative Guillermo Lassowho decided last May to leave office early by resorting to “crossed death”.
Using this constitutional mechanism, Lasso forced this extraordinary electoral process by dissolving the National Assembly (Parliament) as it, controlled by an opposition led by Correismo, was preparing to vote on a motion to remove the head of state, as the final step in a process. political, in which he was accused of alleged embezzlement (embezzlement), a charge which he denies.
Security crisis and violence
Noboa managed to win these elections with one The proposal focused on youth and creating jobs and opportunities, but also on calming the security crisis and the wave of violence plaguing Ecuador associated with organized crime.
Ecuador is experiencing its worst moment of violence, rising from 5.8 in the past five years to 25.62 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2022, the highest rate on record Rise of the mafia, mainly dedicated to drug trafficking. Ecuador has become the center of the global cocaine trade.
She did that too the most violent elections in the country’s history, with the most serious episode in the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencioriddled with bullets at the exit of an election rally in Quito, eleven days before the first round of voting on August 20th.
Among the challenges of the new president will also be the economic deficit, which is increasing due to lower revenues recorded this year due to the fall in oil prices, one of the main pillars of the Ecuadorian economy, which could also be affected by the climate phenomenon El Child is expected at the end of the year.
Another challenge will be achieving the level of governance that Lasso has been unable to achieve since then Noboa will have to contend with a National Assembly in which Correismo will once again be the leading force in the chamber, despite not having an absolute majority..