Daniel Noboa declares himself the rival of Luisa González for the second round in Ecuador

The businessman and former assembly member Daniel Noboa declared himself this Sunday as the rival of the correísta Luisa González to contest the second round of the extraordinary presidential elections of Ecuadorwhen both led the scrutiny with 25% of votes counted.

Noboa, 35, the son of magnate and five-time presidential candidate Álvaro Noboa, stressed at a press conference that he will be the one who has the opportunity to defeat Correísmo in the ballot scheduled for Sunday, October 15.

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“It will not be the first time that a new project turns the political ‘establishment’ around. That freshness in doing politics is what has brought us here “he assured at the press conference, held in Guayaquil and to which his campaign staff did not allow access to the media or international agencies.

Noboa considered that her candidacy has been driven by the young and female vote.

“Today it is the most neglected demographic segment, also a lot of female and young voters, managed to push this candidacy forward”said the candidate.

Asked what formula he will use to defeat the Citizen Revolution, the party led by the former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017)Noboa pointed to “Be honest, work hard in the territory and reach the most needy and the most abandoned places”.

“I think we have a great project and we did an excellent campaign in the territory. What we needed was to increase knowledge and that was achieved with the debate”said the candidate, who began to gain popularity last Sunday with his participation in the presidential debate.

Noboa He stated that the only alliance he has is “with the people, and with that we will win the second round”.

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“Right now we have a plan, a project, and if there are people who want to join, they are welcome”commented Noboa, who anticipated that he will talk with the candidate JanTopica security specialist, to see what he can bring to his candidacy in the second round.

About his security, after he had denounced death threats as happened to the murdered candidate Fernando Villavicenciothe ADN alliance candidate commented that he will try to protect himself with “lots of security and assistance from advanced security equipment”.

“We will continue the same in territory. You have to be at the desk. We have to reach those people who are where no one reaches “finished off.

More than 13.4 million Ecuadorians were summoned to the polls this Sunday to elect a new ruler and the 137 new members of the Assembly, in addition to two environmental consultations to prohibit oil and mining, respectively, in both natural areas.

The elections took place without major incidents and had a participation of 82.26%, in the midst of a state of emergency decreed by the Government after the murder of Villavicencio to reinforce the custody and security of the voting centers with the Police and the Forces Armed.

The process is carried out in the worst security crisis in the country, due to a wave of violence that the authorities attribute to organized crime and drug trafficking and that has caused the country to go from 5.8 to 25.32 homicides in five years per 100,000 inhabitants in 2022, the highest figure in its history.

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Source: Elcomercio

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