Ecuador's president doubts about election results, observers contradict

Ecuador's president doubts about election results, observers contradict

The President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, said without evidence that the first round of the presidential elections in the country was crossed by "irregularities". He only reached the second election duel with a minimal lead, which the authorities described as a technical draw. His left rival, Luisa González, is also in the race.

claims about irregularities

"There were many irregularities," said Noboa in a Interview on Tuesday , which was streamed on the Facebook and YouTube pages of the presidency. "We further counted, we checked in certain provinces that the results were not correct. They even did not agree with the fast count of the OAS (organization of American states) that gave us a higher number."

allegations against armed groups

Noboa even indicated that “armed groups” forced voters to give up their voices for his opponent. After the interview, the OAS election observation mission, which had observed the election, gave a in the irregularities in the results were rejected. She explained that the results presented by the National Election Council (Cne) Ecuador's results match the data obtained from the mission and lie within the error limit.

The Ecuador election authority gave a explanation in which she emphasized her commitment to "fair and transparent elections". It was not just Noboa who complained about the election result. González expressed similar demands in an interview with the local broadcaster Teleamazonas The voices from certain provinces throughout Ecuador.

international observations

The European Union's observation mission for Ecuador rated the elections as "transparent, well organized and peaceful" and rejected all allegations of fraud. She explained that false information was widespread, in particular dangerous stories about fraud at the end of the election campaign. No candidate was mentioned in the statement.

report on the erosion of democratic norms

The allegations of voting fraud are against the background of slow erosion of democratic norms in Ecuador, security analyst Jean Paul Pinto told CNN from Ecuador's capital Quito. Pinto noted that the President has made many of his most important decisions by decree, including military missions on the streets of Ecuador to combat gangs and the construction of a new prison for 800 of the most violent criminals in the country.