Quito, May 14 Local authorities took their positions in Ecuador this Sunday after winning elections on February 5, when politicians with ties to former President Rafael Correa (2007-2017) seized several of the country’s prefectures and mayors and so their presence in several provinces reinforced the address of others.
“With the victory of the last elections, the Citizens’ Revolution faces the great challenge of restoring people’s trust in local governments and starting the restoration of the homeland,” said Gabriela Rivadeneira, who has been President of the National Assembly in recent years.
On his Twitter account, he recalled that after six years they had managed “to take part in local elections with their own party”, in which the citizens’ revolution “would end up winning about 70% of the national territory in local government”.
“We won things that we didn’t win as a government, including the mayoralty of Guayaquil. We gained nine prefectures, the largest and most populous. We ratified our two prefectures that we brought with us: Manabí and Pichincha,” he said, before adding that the Citizens’ Revolution won more than 50 mayoral offices and around a hundred municipal councils.
Former President Correa sent a salute to the new authorities of the Citizens’ Revolution via social media: “They wanted to bury us without understanding that we are seeds. There is no better political action than great administration. Make the best mayor and prefecture in history with honesty, commitment, enthusiasm and civic participation.
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One of the most important triumphs of Correísmo was recorded in the province of Guayas, where it ended nearly three decades of Social Christian Party hegemony in both the prefecture and the mayoralty of Guayaquil, the capital of the judicial district.
As Aquiles Álvarez took over as mayor this Sunday, he pointed out that “the only option for Guayaquil is to resurface.”
“To make this a reality, we will fulfill the first mandate: give power back to every Guayaquileño, to each of you, you are the ones responsible,” he said, indicating that he was “a development plan without charity or demagogy.” “ have , with solidarity and justice at the side of the citizens, never behind their backs.”
He pointed out that “Freedom is not the word that is repeated every day. The freedom to access basic services means having adequate transportation, green spaces and decentralized economic development. Freedom means that everyone can shape their own future according to the principle of justice.” and rest assured.
Álvarez noted that in 2022 there were 57 violent deaths per 100,000 people, placing Guayaquil “among the 24 most violent cities in the world.”
“So far we have registered 770 violent deaths. In four months of 2023, we surpassed 50% of violent deaths in 2022,” he said, predicting that “we may unfortunately close this year because it’s trending in the 20 cities the most violent in the world and that.” most dangerous in Ecuador.”
Regarding employment, he pointed out that “609,000 Guayaquil residents do not have full-time employment. More than 48% of citizens of production age are barely able to make a living. More than 20,000 self-employed need to be formalized.”
“Today I didn’t come to attack the mayor who left,” he said, before referring to preliminary information showing that the outgoing administration has “$10 million in cash and $210 million in debt leaves. 20 times more, ”it says in the data will take countermeasures from this Monday.
Also in Quito, Correísmo regained the office of mayor with Pabel Muñoz and retained the prefecture with Paola Pabón.
Among Muñoz’s priorities is the normal operation of the Metro Quito built by Spain’s Acciona.
“I have made it very clear: I will not allow the trust and credibility of the city’s most important work to be compromised: the Metro. I immediately asked Metro de Quito, the operator and the CL1 consortium to explain why the tests with collection and the suspension of the same” has progressed.
Quito’s subway, which began construction in 2013 at a cost of more than $2 billion, will run north-south through the city through 15 stations with a fleet of 18 trains. EFE
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