The Corporation of Exporters’ Guilds of Ecuador (Cordex) expressed its support for the Government for the measures it implemented to “stop the wave of violence that is currently sweeping Ecuador” and at the same time reject “the acts of violence that have been unleashed in the country”.

“The manufacturing and export sectors represented in Cordex express our full support for the measures that the executive power decides to implement in order to stop the wave of violence that is currently raging in Ecuador. Citizens deserve to live and prosper in an environment of peace, as do productive export activities that support more than 900,000 families throughout the national territory,” they emphasized in a press release published this Tuesday, January 9.

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Likewise, they indicated that they reject acts of violence that have been initiated in the country, attacking the integrity of citizens and affecting various production sectors and the media. “We express our support to the police, urging them to use the necessary force to neutralize those individuals who are trying to sow chaos and terror in our nation,” they reiterated.

The union also sends an “urgent call” to the judiciary to act quickly and apply all the rigor of the law in prosecuting and punishing both intellectual and material perpetrators of crimes that attack public, private and property. citizens. “It is imperative that justice be vigorously applied to ensure an environment conducive to the sustainable development of our economic activities and to protect the safety and well-being of Ecuadorian society as a whole.”