"The revolution has triumphed again in Ecuador," Correa said

[Hervé]

Ecuador’s Moreno claims victory in presidential election, rival demands recount (https://www.rt.com/news/383167-ecuador-elections-moreno-lasso/)

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Published time: 3 Apr, 2017 01:04
Edited time: 3 Apr, 2017 08:00
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Ecuadorean presidential candidate Lenin Moreno


Lenin Moreno, the candidate of the ruling Alianza País Party in Ecuador appears to have secured a win in the second round of presidential elections, barely beating his rival, the conservative Guillermo Lasso who thus far has refused to concede.

With 95 percent of the votes counted, Moreno is in the lead with 51.11 percent compared to 48.89 percent gained by his opponent Lasso, the country’s election commission reported (https://resultados2017-2.cne.gob.ec/frmResultados.aspx). While the winner has not yet been officially announced, the government says preliminary results are 99% accurate and “irreversible” according to outgoing President Rafael Correa, who already congratulated Moreno.

"The revolution has triumphed again in Ecuador," Correa said on Twitter. "The right has lost, despite its millions and its media."

Moreno urged for unity as he addressed his cheering supporters in Quito: “From now on, let's work for the country! All of us!”

While Moreno has declared victory in a close runoff, Lasso has called for a vote recount, claiming that he is the real winner of the election.

“They've toyed with popular will,” Lasso said on Sunday night, demanding a recount as earlier exit polls were split and projected different winners, prompting both candidates to claim victory.

Lasso vowed to “defend the will of the people” and challenge the results, which he believes to be fabricated, having already shared on Twitter what he called an example of vote count inconsistency.

He urged his supporters to get out on the streets and protest the results, but quickly distanced himself from potential public disorder asking people not to react to “provocations” and rally in a “peaceful but firm” manner.

“Let us act peacefully but firmly. You have to go to the streets to say: DO NOT STEAL MY VOTE because we want a CHANGE in Ecuador,” he tweeted.
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The 64-year old Moreno, who has been in a wheelchair since 1998, ran on a campaign which promised the South American country a boost in social benefits. The nominee for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize served as vice president of the country from 2007 to 2013, under President Rafael Correa.

It was Correa, serving his third presidential term, who had nominated Morena to run for the Alianza País socialist political movement in Ecuador.

His opponent Lasso, a 61-year-old former head of Banco de Guayaquil who has campaigned on creating one million jobs in four years, argues that Moreno's generous social promises risk plunging Ecuador’s economy further into debt.

The conservative has also promised to evict WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the nation’s London embassy.

Meanwhile, Julian Assange has “cordially” invited the losing candidate to “leave Ecuador within 30 days” using similar language as Lasso, who earlier promised to expel the WikiLeaks founder from the Ecuadorean embassy in London should he be declared the winner.




https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/841283762914656256/2AyBiX8E_bigger.jpg Julian Assange‏ @JulianAssange (https://twitter.com/JulianAssange)

I cordially invite Lasso to leave Ecuador within 30 days (with or without his tax haven millions) https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/848445940692377600 … (https://t.co/8tORJgltQl) #AssangeSILassoNO (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AssangeSILassoNO?src=hash)

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6:37 PM - 2 Apr 2017 Prior to Sunday’s vote, Lasso promised that he “will cordially ask Senor Assange to leave” within 30 days of assuming office, should he be elected. The conservative pro-business candidate said the embassy “isn’t a hotel” and that Ecuador is in no position to finance the Australian’s stay there.


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Let's see... Brexit... Trump... and now Lenin Moreno... hmmmm... the winds have turn around and got stronger in overcoming the inherent rigging of elections.

[Hervé]

Leftist candidate declared winner in Ecuador’s presidential race (http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/04/03/516518/Ecuador-presidential-election-Moreno-winner)

PressTV Mon Apr 3, 2017 5:40AM

Ecuador’s ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno, a paraplegic, has been declared the winner of the presidential runoff in the Latin American country and is expected to provide continuity to President Rafael Correa’s leftist policies.

With more than 94 percent of the votes counted, the National Electoral Council on Sunday announced Moreno the winner with 51 percent.

His rival, conservative banker Guillermo Lasso, was closely behind with 49 percent of the votes.

In the first round of the election on February 19, Lasso had bagged 28.25 percent of the votes and Moreno 39 .31 percent.

Sixty four-year-old Moreno follows the leftist line of the government of President Correa, 53, who has served in that capacity since 2007. During the election campaign, Moreno promised to continue the policies set by Correa.


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Ecuador’s incumbent President Rafael Correa (L) hugs President-elect Lenin Moreno as they listen to the results of the runoff election, in Quito, April 2, 2017. (Photo by AFP)


The outgoing president, a democratic socialist, had focused on the implementation of left-wing policies. Internationally, he was an outspoken critic of the United States. He permitted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been taking refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012, to stay there to avoid potential extradition to the US, where he is sought for leaking hundreds of thousands of secret US military and diplomatic documents in 2010.



Right-wing Lasso, 61, had in his presidential election campaign promised to “cordially ask Assange to leave within 30 days of assuming a mandate” if he won.

Meanwhile, as Moreno’s supporters celebrated his victory, Lasso’s camp claimed there had been electoral fraud and threatened to challenge the results in all of Ecuador’s 24 provinces.

Thousands of Lasso supporters shouted “fraud” as they stormed the National Electoral Council’s headquarters in the capital, Quito, before being pushed back by police. A similar scuffle took place outside the electoral offices in Guayaquil.

[Daughter of Time]

Let's just hope that it is a true triumph without further ado.

Lenin won with only 51.06% of the votes. Lasso and his supporters are demanding a recount.

This is so surprising since Ecuador's people are mostly poor. Why would so many of them vote for a multi millionaire with offshore accounts? The CIA must be behind Lasso, that much is pretty much a certainty. But what about the average person in Ecuador? I'm quite sure 48.94% (Lasso's votes) of Ecuadorians are not rich. Why would they vote for Lasso? And if this number or voters did not actually vote for Lasso, then how does this happen?!?

[Bill Ryan]

This is so surprising since Ecuador's people are mostly poor. Why would so many of them vote for a multi millionaire with offshore accounts?

While Ecuador now has a thriving and educated middle class, many of Ecuador's poorest are near- or partially-illiterate. Sad but true is that most election posters in very rural areas show the candidate's smiling face, and a prominent number (like '2', or '7') for them to be chosen from on an election ballot. There's often no text of any kind to read, apart from the candidate's name: just the alluring image.

And they have no TV, and certainly no internet. They're left to vote on the most superficial of impressions, and the election marketeers take full advantage of that.

[7alon]

lol a bit of cheek from Julian there :happythumbsup: