-Ecuador, Citizen's Revolution Party does not recognize electoral results amid voting irregularities
-Amid fraud calls, electoral authority announces Noboa as president
-ALBA-TCP rejects fraudulent actions in elections
-Amid fraud calls, electoral authority announces Noboa as president
-ALBA-TCP rejects fraudulent actions in elections
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00:00In Ecuador, the candidate for the Citizens' Revolution, Luisa GonzĂĄlez, did not recognize
00:19the results of the 2025 presidential runoff that gave the victory to current President
00:25Daniela Novoa. This way, GonzĂĄlez emphasized that her party's Citizens' Revolution has
00:31always recognized the electoral results, except Sundays. GonzĂĄlez denounced that previous
00:36opinion polls and surveys, including those of the national government, did not present
00:42a difference as alarming as the one of the votes seemingly counted. With many irregularities
00:48being denounced by voters and organizations, GonzĂĄlez demanded that the votes be recounted
00:53with the due transparency.
01:02I want to be very clear and categorical. The Citizens' Revolution has always recognized
01:08a defeat, in the last elections, when the polls and statistics have shown it. Today we do
01:16not recognize the results.
01:28I am going to be very clear, in the name of the men, women, children, young people, whom
01:49I represent, whom all of us who are here represent, in the name of the people we represent. We
01:58do not recognize the results presented by the National Electoral Council.
02:02After the denunciation of electoral fraud by the Citizens' Revolution candidate, Luisa GonzĂĄlez,
02:11the National Electoral Council of Ecuador proclaimed Daniela Novoa as the re-elected president of
02:17the country. After a process marked by irregularities with the government of Daniela Novoa and the
02:21CNA interfering in the electoral exercise, in addition, the members of the Citizens' Revolution
02:27denounced that the electoral body was uploading the minutes without signing them, which is
02:33a violation of the electoral laws of the country.
02:36What is the result of the election of the election?
02:44Staying in Ecuador, the vice-presidential candidate Diego Borja denounced irregularities in the electoral
02:49process, pointing out that the exit polls only showed a two percentage point difference between
02:55the two candidates. This is an extremely rare result, extremely rare, which gives us elements
03:04to say that it is absolutely desired. Look, some facts. There are 11 surveys that gave us the triumph
03:12of the binomial of the Citizens' Revolution. There are two exit polls, which are the measurements at the
03:19polling stations. One gave candidate Novoa the triumph, and the other gave us the triumph. In both cases,
03:28with a difference of around two percentage points. Neither his nor ours showed major differences. And now
03:37that the official results are given, we are with a difference of 12 percentage points in favor of Novoa,
03:42when neither the surveys nor their exit polls showed that.
03:52In this regard, the General Secretary of the Citizens' Revolution Party of Ecuador, Andrés Arauz,
03:57denounced through a social media post some of the irregularities detected during the electoral process.
04:03Arauz presented evidence of unleashed violations to the electoral law and showed
04:09meanings without the proper signatures. He warned, according to Article 127 of the
04:15the Code of Democracy, a policy that does not have the joint signatures of the President and Secretary
04:21of the Board, is not valid. However, he continued, the National Electric Council is uploading minutes
04:27without signatures to support the results. In all cases, they are in favor of Novoa.
04:41Regarding the accusations of important political personalities of Ecuador
04:45and the rest of the world about the electoral fraud of presidential candidate Daniel Novoa
04:49in the presidential elections of the country, the Executive Secretary of ALBA-TCP issued the following communiqué.
04:56In view of the development of the second round of elections for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency
05:02of the Republic of Ecuador, organized under a basic and unusual decree of state of assumption,
05:09having an important impact on the provinces with the greatest popular electoral tradition,
05:14in a context of general intimidation of the people and open advantage by the government of Daniel Novoa,
05:20the Executive Secretariat of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America, ALBA-TCP,
05:26categorically condemns these irregular actions that suggest the execution of a clear premeditated electoral fraud.
05:34The ALBA-TCP Executive Secretariat highlights the democratic spirit of the Ecuadorian people in the defense of their
05:42sovereignty and democracy and supports the demand for a review of the electoral process through a rigorous
05:50investigation, including a comprehensive audit of all procedures and measures, as well as the
05:56corresponding and transparent recount of the votes cast. This is the only way to guarantee respect for
06:02the will of the people and peace in the Sister Republic of Ecuador.