There is a reason Latin America is referred to as Latrine America. It is because of corrupt and despotic “presidents” such as Ecuador’s Rafael Correa. Taught and guided by Cuban agents, Correa is not about to lose his grip of power because of some silly vote.
By Orlando Avedaño in PanAm Post:
The Case for Demanding a Recount in Ecuador’s Presidential Election
On Sunday, April 2nd, Ecuador held its second round presidential elections. The day was tense. Both candidates, Guillermo Lasso, of the CREO Movement, and Lenin Moreno of the ruling party, proclaimed victory. However, little by little the trend was confirmed in favor of the ruling candidate. In the end, the National Electoral Council (CNE) offered an official statement: Lenin Moreno would be president.
The polls showed that Lasso was winning. CEDATOS declared the Movement CREO as the winner with a 6 point margin of victory. Correa’s opponents began to celebrate. But the CNE, through a broadcast, extinguished the excitement.
Immediately the screams of “fraud” began to emerge. Guillermo Lasso appeared in the media to reject the results, as they did not match what the pollsters suggested. In addition, the CNE website was down. The opposition candidate announced that he would challenge the election results and called on citizens to take the streets and protest.
Today, Lenin Moreno is assumed to be the winner of the elections. The Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Almagro, congratulated him. But Guillermo Lasso, along with a considerable part of civil society, say that fraud was committed. In fact, they present enough proof and first hand testimonies to suggest the evidence of fraud.
The reasons why there was fraud in Ecuadorian elections
According to reports from the Guillermo Lasso campaign, on Wednesday, April 5th, “a total of 1,795 records” are irregular. This adds up to 592,350 votes.
In the second round, Lenin Moreno won with 5,060,114 votes; while the opposition candidate had 4,833,697. That’s why the more than five hundred thousand irregular votes Lasso denounces are decisive.
“After reviewing the CNE flat file, our electoral control was able to verify irregularities in the records,” Lasso wrote on his Twitter account.
Likewise, the CREO Movement presented documentation that shows that 82.2% of the official records coincide the ones in their possession. These were obtained thanks to the control and hard work of party observers at the polling stations.
And with that 82.2% of the voting records held by the Lasso campaign, Lasso would have a 50.5% voting share compared to Lenin Moreno’s 49.5% . The remaining percentage is inconsistent.
In addition, the president of CREO, Cesar Monge, reported on Wednesday, April 5th, that on election day, 4.7% of polling stations were found to have “unusual” behavior.
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You’re much too kind, Alberto. It’s called Latrine America because it’s full of shit and smells like it. You see that crappy-looking mural in the background? It’s by the late Guayasamín, Ecuador’s would-be Picasso, a hardcore Fidel groupie whose paintings all look almost exactly the same: a one-trick pony of overwrought, clunky, ponderous schlock. Just google his name and go to images, and you’ll see what I mean. Oh, and be sure to look out for his Fidel portraits.