The community of Sevilla Don Bosco, in Morona Santiago, will be the 222nd canton of Ecuador. Its population overwhelmingly approved its cantonization through the popular consultation that was convened in this area.
With 70.97% of the tally sheets scrutinized by the National Electoral Council (CNE), the Yes obtained 83.48% of the votes, an irreversible trend. The Morona canton had nine rural parishes, Seville Don Bosco was one of them.
The lack of public works forces Seville Don Bosco to seek its cantonization in consultation that will be held in the sectional elections of 2023
The parochialization of this area was carried out in 1958. Its population has promoted the request to be a canton in previous governments. The current territory of Seville Don Bosco amounts to almost 50% of the Morona canton. In addition, 17,000 people live in this sector, the vast majority Shuar indigenous people, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses.
Seville Don Bosco met the requirements established in the Ecuadorian regulations to be a canton. The law indicates that the parish must have a minimum of 50,000 inhabitants, but in the case of the Amazon that figure drops to 10,000. In addition, it must be at least ten years old and have a legally recognized territorial delimitation.
The limited coverage of drinking water, the high levels of poverty, especially in the Shuar communities in the area, and the lack of educational infrastructure were the main reasons why the Sevillians have requested a popular consultation to determine their cantonization.
Residents of Seville Don Bosco go to the polls to define if they become the thirteenth canton of the province of Morona Santiago
Seville Don Bosco has 10,666 voters, more than cantons in the same province such as Pablo Sexto, who has 1,892, and Tiwintza, who registers 6,874.
Once its cantonization is approved, the process for the creation of the canton will begin and, especially, to make way for the election of mayor and councillors. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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