Luisa González Rejects Ecuador Election Results, Demands Recount
April 13, 2025 Hour: 9:56 pm
Luisa González of the Citizens’ Revolution rejects Ecuador’s election results, alleging fraud and calling for a recount. Tensions rise as she demands transparency in the electoral process.
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In a strong statement following the second round of elections in Ecuador, Luisa González, presidential candidate for the political movement Citizens’ Revolution, expressed her rejection of the results announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE). González alleged that fraud occurred in the vote tally, accusing current president Daniel Noboa of benefiting from an irregular electoral process.
“Before my people, facing them as I always do and as is right for good women,” González stated, emphasizing that her movement has accepted defeats in the past when polls indicated so. However, this time she declared: “Today we do not recognize the results.”
The candidate called on “the men, women, and young children I represent,” urging a review of the electoral process. “I refuse to believe there is a people who prefer lies over the truth. We will demand a recount and that the ballots be opened,” she concluded.
She insisted that they will request a recount. “We are going to defend our right to democracy. Ecuador cannot continue to be governed by a person incapable of leading it toward peace and development, someone who only prioritizes their business and the well-being of their family,” he said.
“Now more than ever, we must be vigilant about what the person who calls themselves the President of the Republic is doing. I publicly denounce that they are committing fraud. We continue in the fight,” he concluded.
Previously, González denounced that the president did not request unpaid leave from the National Assembly and used state resources to campaign, in addition to not entrusting the presidency to the elected vice president, Verónica Abad, as mandated by the Constitution.
The day before, the Parliament and the legislative bench of the Citizens’ Revolution accused Noboa of violating fundamental guarantees by declaring a state of emergency without just cause and imposing it in provinces where the vote did not favor him.
A few hours earlier, Noboa decreed the closure of borders to prevent international observers from entering the country, which would contribute to the transparency of the runoff election. In no case did the electoral authority—the CNE—speak out against these and other irregularities.
In addition, this Sunday, after the polls closed, the former presidential candidate of the Citizens’ Revolution, Andrés Arauz, denounced that the CNE (National Electoral Council) is uploading vote records without signatures, a requirement established in Article 127 of the Democracy Code to validate the results.
Arauz published images of six electoral records lacking the joint signatures of the president and secretary of the Voting Reception Boards (JRV). According to his complaint, all these unsupported records favor the current president, Daniel Noboa.
Autor: MLM
Fuente: Telesur