*Citizen's Revolution Movement denounced fraud and rejected the results issued by the electoral authorities
*Citizen's Revolution Movement is already taking action against Noboa fraud
*Prior to presidential elections the electoral body should have analyzed illegalities committed by Noboa
*Possibility for Ecuadorians to exercises their right to vote from abroad in counties such as Venezuela was denied
*Citizen's Revolution Movement is already taking action against Noboa fraud
*Prior to presidential elections the electoral body should have analyzed illegalities committed by Noboa
*Possibility for Ecuadorians to exercises their right to vote from abroad in counties such as Venezuela was denied
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00:00In this regard, national and international organizations and movements have also denounced
00:04an electoral fraud in the Ecuadorian elections demanding a recount of votes
00:08by the National Electoral Council. Gabriela Mena brings us more details.
00:14In Ecuador, political organizations, social movements, and legal groups have denounced
00:21electoral fraud, warning about irregularities in the process that gave NOBOA the victory.
00:26They emphasize that there was a manipulation of minutes and irregular prohibitions to disrespect
00:31the will of the Ecuadorian people.
00:36In addition, on this occasion, there was no opportunity for the citizens to photograph
00:40the votes, and this, of course, is the result of the distrust that the Ecuadorian people
00:45have in their president of the republic. We are living before the state of Caprice,
00:49and this cannot be given in the legal system.
00:52The point on which several analysts and political organizations agree, from the beginning and
01:02after the conclusion of the elections in Ecuador, the citizen revolution rejected the electoral
01:07results and denounced fraud, affirming that they did not remain with their arms crossed.
01:11But what are the ways that must be complied with to denounce electoral fraud?
01:15First, a political actor must present a denunciation before the National Electoral Council. This document
01:21must be supported by arguments, photographs, testimonies, and reports that validate the irregularities,
01:27and in a period of up to one year, the ruling can be announced.
01:30For the analyst Ramiro Rividenera, this would not allow NOBOA to be sworn in this May 24th.
01:35It is clear to me that we are dealing with a much more complex fraud than what could exist
01:46with respect to the accounting of certain votes. It is not only a question of numbers. It is not
01:51only a question of accounts. Behind this, there is an accumulation, a lot of edges that have
01:56to be analyzed, and from there it is important to open the minutes.
01:58The contentious electoral tribunal, prior to making the proclamation of the official results,
02:11must resolve the illegalities committed by NOBOA. Starting with the lack of request for a license
02:15to the National Assembly to initiate the campaign period, he did not entrust the presidency to
02:20Veronica Abad, the use of state funds for campaigning, and the declaration of a state of exception just
02:26hours before the beginning of the election day.
02:28However, what the court has done to somehow say that it is doing its job is to channel several
02:37of these complaints into one. Of these five, there is still no definitive resolution to tell us what
02:42has happened.
02:45It is necessary to mention that, to this accumulation of illegalities, it has added the implementation of a law
02:54by the National Electoral Council, and at the same time denied the possibility to Ecuadorans to exercise
03:00their right to vote from abroad, in countries such as Venezuela, where Luisa Gonzalez had a high number
03:05of supporters.
03:10All these things make a context in which the final results are bulky. They do not make any statistical sense.
03:15In all this context, it seems to me that what is really responsible is that people do question how
03:20this type of issues could have occurred. Experts question whether the authorities will act
03:29legitimately without tipping the balance in favor of NOBOA and not declaring fraud. And the fact is
03:34that unions denounce that NOBOA has the powers of the state monopolized.