The authorities of the National Electoral Council of Ecuador (CNE) offer report on the development of the election process and announce the closing of the polls, concluding the voting process in most of the country. teleSUR
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00:00Welcome to The Lesson English as we go live to Quito, Ecuador, where authorities of the
00:09National Electoral Council are offering statements at this hour.
00:12Let's listen.
00:1383.88 percent, on the basis of the information gathered at this hour, keeping with the percentage
00:24of voters in previous elections.
00:29In a general balance, this voting day has developed with normality, and order and security
00:39and peace have prevailed.
00:42These are principles that ratify that Ecuadorians trust their democratic system.
00:49to the participation of citizenship that express their will.
00:56And from this moment on, Ecuadorians must be aware that the members of the boards start
01:09counting votes, which have to be with a public level, with delegates, viewers, national and
01:20from abroad, as well as the press.
01:23Now we move, give the floor to Engineer Pita Garcia, Vice President of the National Electoral
01:30Council.
01:33It is important to note that citizens count votes in the voting stations at the same time
01:50the 24 provincial boards are counting votes of the people in prison and of those who vote
02:02at home.
02:04We reiterate to the citizens that the National Electoral Council is the only institution
02:10that has a responsibility to publish the official results of the 2025 elections.
02:18Therefore, any poll outside this is not an official result.
02:27It's important to highlight that in the 4,700 citizens that conformed them are counting
02:37votes, a process that is public and is watched by the over 5,000 delegates of the political
02:45organization, 1,600 viewers from abroad and representatives of communication media.
02:55Now we listen to Jose Cabrera Zurita, member of the National Electoral Council.
03:03Likewise of the 97 electoral zones abroad, the voting journey has ended of the 49 zones
03:15and those who belong to circuits of the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean
03:21and Africa that will end with the exercising of the right to vote at 10.30 Ecuador time.
03:33From 19 hours we will start with the vote counting of the stations abroad.
03:41In addition, we remember the country that to process results, 1,680 voting stations
03:52have been established and 25 centers of voting process, one for each province and one for
04:02abroad.
04:03Now we listen to the speech of Stella Acero, member of the National Electoral Council.
04:25In the same way, we reiterate to the citizens that in the centers of digitalizing tell sheets
04:32CDE, the permanence way are the delegates of political organizations and those who watch
04:41from abroad as we comply with processing the results generated in the boards that get the
04:51votes which will publish in that website www.cne.gov.napp.telegram.gov and from the commander's center and broadcasting
05:11through our official platforms, reposition of accent, tell sheets and results for political
05:19organization and communication media.
05:21We thank all of the citizens that went to the polls to exercise their right to vote.
05:30And the same way to the members of the voting stations for their civic and patriotic participation.
05:42This way we are closing this national broadcasting and we thank you for stay tuned with us.
05:50We invite you to stay tuned through official channels and we leave you with the voices
05:55of the viewers and heads of international chains for a multicolored democracy.
06:03Let's go for Ecuador.
06:05We are listening to the authorities of the National Electoral Council in the latest official
06:09report regarding the presidential elections on their way in Ecuador.
06:12During her remarks, the president of the CNE, Diana Atamaint, informed that over 86% of
06:18the population has participated in the general elections and that peace has prevailed throughout
06:24this election day, which ratifies that Ecuadorians respect the country's democracy.
06:28Atamaint also assured that the CNE is the only institution responsible for the publication
06:33of the official reports and results of these elections.
06:37This is all for the moment, but we will continue bringing you the latest in this topic, so
06:41stay tuned with Telesur English.