Ecuador will have an extraordinary national holiday on Monday, February 6, 2023. This was decreed by President Guillermo Lasso, after a request from the National Electoral Council (CNE) for the intense task that the members of the boards receiving the vote will have (JRV) on Sunday 5, for the sectional elections, the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS) and the 2023 referendum.
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The statistics anticipate that, under the modality of the simultaneous scrutiny, it would take the JRVs about six hours to count: the one at sectional dignities it would take 5h 58min; that of the ballots of the candidates to the Citizen Participation Council and of the referendum, 5h34min.
In any case, this holiday will be recoverable. In decree 655, Lasso provided that the day must be recovered in both the public and private sectors. In the first he arranged that the day recover with an additional hour of work for the subsequent eight days.
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In the case of the private sector, both the employer and the worker They must agree on how to recover.
In addition, the presidential decree recalled that the provision of public, basic, health, fire services, airports, among others, must be guaranteed. Therefore, the minimum staff must be available for care.
The classes suspended on Monday in public schools and colleges will be recovered at the end of the school year, while care in hospitals and health centers will be carried out as normal.
For its part, the Civil Registry of Ecuador indicated that the shifts scheduled for February 6 will be maintained for ID, issuance of passports and marriages. Similarly, the death registration service will be available.
For their part, private banks will guarantee the provision of financial services through their channels (ATMs, virtual banking, among others), as well as face-to-face service in branches.
This month of February will have an ordinary non-recoverable national holiday, on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21, for Carnival. (YO)
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Source: Eluniverso
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