We interview Raul Salgado, Doctor in Political Science and International Studies, who’ll give his opinion on what will happen after the votes are counted and a winner is called. teleSUR
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00:00Well, now let's see if Raúl can hear us. Raúl, can you hear me now?
00:07Yes, I can hear you now.
00:10Good. Well, what are the expectations of these elections in Ecuador?
00:15Okay, the people are really expecting to have a government which tackles down the major problems, which is the labor problems, the lack of opportunities for the young people, the crime.
00:45And the corruption is another problem, particularly this security problem, which has been a huge challenge for the government.
00:55And whoever wins the elections will have to deal with this enormous problem for the whole country.
01:03Yeah. And what else can you tell us about the denunciations the presidential candidate Luis González made about the state of exception that was made in the country?
01:16Well, the state of emergency has been something which has been done by the governments in the last eight years.
01:25The Ecuadorian governments have been most of the time being using this state of emergency to govern.
01:37It's been really worrying because that is not the way of a democracy should be governed.
01:44It's not part of the democracies to govern with the states of emergency.
01:51Of course, it's not only a problem because of the constant call for this state of emergency.
02:02But it is the fact that we are just in the process of democratic election and to have such a kind of state of emergency, it is restricting at the same time and also worrying not only for the opposition, but also for the people.
02:25Of course, it is a problem in the country, it's been a problem, but I think apart from the fact that the police and the military is also out on the streets and on the poll centers to do this, I think it's worrying for everybody, not only for the candidate, Luis González.
02:52Yeah, and lastly, which provinces are more common to give their results first?
03:02Excuse me, can you repeat?
03:05Which provinces are more common to give their results first?
03:10Well, the problems really, it's in the circumstances in which the polls have been and the lectures have been carried out, particularly in the coast, it's been very rainy.
03:33And it is a huge problem with the access, particularly rural areas for the people to go to the polls because of the, not only because of the infrastructure or the destruction of the infrastructure, but also because of the danger to be out.
03:56And then, so I think they say that the problems, but in general, I have heard the declarations of some of the international people, observers, it's been started in normality.
04:15There will be some problems, it's normal to have problems, but I hope that these are problems that are not impacting in their general results.
04:27Well, thank you, Raúl, for the information you gave us and for being here with us in our program.
04:35You are welcome. Thank you very much for inviting me.
04:38Well, thank you, Raúl.