The voice of famous Ecuadorians: this is how compatriots reacted to the early elections this Sunday, August 20

Today is Sunday, August 20, the day of the 2023 snap election, and celebrities are setting an example of what it means to do your civic duty.

For this extraordinary opportunity, citizens of the entire country cast their votes for the desired representatives in the Presidency of the Republic and the Assembly of Ecuador, at the national and provincial levels. Such citizens include celebrities, many of whom have used their platforms to encourage others to vote.

For example, since yesterday, Saturday August 19, television presenter Érika Vélez has reminded her fans of their responsibility to observe the right to vote today. With a photo of her half-carrying her dog Mateo, the actress and the jury My name is He said he would like to know if he would vote.

And the singer-songwriter Mirella Cesa, almost first thing in the morning, called on her followers “to vote smart” via her social networks. The artist expanded this specific publication with two photographs, the first was a picture of a tricolor, the second was a photograph of her, in black and white, with her hands crossed over her face in meditation.

However, through temporary publications, known as Story, Mirella presented her position in the public consultation on Yasuní.

This Sunday before noon, communicator Denisse Molina published a photo of her half-lying on a bed with a laptop on her feet, with the explanation that “she won’t be able to sleep tonight.” The news anchor settled in Thailand, an Asian country that is 12 hours away from the territory of Ecuador. So his post actually extended into the last hour of Sunday. Nevertheless, it will be important for Molina to be connected as long as possible in order to know the first results of the election.

“It’s going to be a long night… but it’s impossible to sleep when the country is gambling everything for everyone!! (sic) Everyone in a voice!!!… for Ecuador, for a new country! Let it be a day of peace, democracy, freedom!…. I will stay awake watching election day and in the company of my followers,” wrote a journalist from Guayaquil. He did not make it clear whether he had the opportunity to vote in Thailand, in any case he shared reports from fellow countrymen who voted abroad.

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