Sometimes nations write their history with the same ink. In the case of consultations with the Ecuadorian people in certain circumstances, such as the low popularity of the president, they led to the expression of majority rejection regardless of the content of the question.

This was the case with then presidents León Febres-Corder, Sixto Durán-Balléna, Fabián Alarcón and Alfredo Palacio, despite the fact that the proposals were positive. And it is an example of what the first leaders should keep in mind when they want to introduce reforms to the legal system that require this saying to implement them.

In the case of President Guillermo Lasso, when he proposed them, he had a very low percentage of popularity. However, the affirmative answer, according to the conducted polls, was more than 65 percent in most questions, which suggested that the statement will be affirmative on this occasion as well, regardless of the proposer. But the election failure on February 5 confirms what happened throughout history, because the answer was written with the same ink, and the people punished themselves, at the polls, with failure.

Death on the cross is not the solution. It would be another blow to the established order. We cannot change the president every year.

It was a way to show his rejection of the head of state, his government, his behavior towards the nation and certain members of his cabinet, and his dissatisfaction with the handling of such important and delicate issues as the insecurity of citizens, related to violence. on the streets and hitmen caused by the drug trade; corruption, health, housing, education, serious problems of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS), unemployment; and also his rejection of a series of unfavorable situations that have worsened over time in a country that has been looking for solutions to its needs for decades.

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What are the serious consequences of the lack of vision when he dared to hold a referendum in the above circumstances? With the triumph of no, the National Assembly again proposes death on the cross; country risk rose to 1514 points, affecting investment, employment and access to credit; the insecurity of citizens, because social organizations such as Fenocin, Feine and Conaie threaten to end the dialogue with the Government, while the latter calls for a national agreement, which these groups — which do not rule out new mobilizations — immediately rejected and the Social Party Cristiano, UNES, Izquierda Democrática .

Death on the cross is not the solution. It would be another blow to the established order. We cannot change the president every year. This is not healthy on either side. We must respect the period in which Guillermo Lasso was elected and ask him, yes, a 180-degree turn in all orders.

The consultations were a leap into the void with the aforementioned serious effects. (OR)