Normally during a political campaign, we ask journalists, assuming we have insider information, who we think should be voted for in the next election.
Hard to find an answer. Undoubtedly, this is a big concern for us Ecuadorians, who in a few weeks will be electing the new president of Ecuador and 137 members of the assembly.
Those elected will only last a year and a half in office. A short time to undertake important projects to solve the country’s major problems.
Currently, the CNE has accredited 15 party delegates for the August 20 election review process.
Choosing someone of integrity, with a disinterested desire to serve, who wants to restore some peace to the country in this transition is complicated by the quality of candidates that have been presented.
We have eight candidates for president. Most of them with some electoral experience. For parliamentarians in the campaign, we see several who were expelled from the Assembly for carrying out the crucifixion. They were members of that Assembly which received a negative rating of 90.93%, in a Click Report survey conducted in Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca, Manta and Portoviejo.
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Candidates for the Assembly and the President of the Republic are sponsored by 276 national, provincial, cantonal and parish political parties and movements that act as purely electoral rent.
Some of these organizations were created by politicians who are in prison, have a prison sentence or are on the run.
The agreements reached by the candidates and these political organizations are temporary. There is no ideology, government plans or common goals. Neither values nor ethics. As Macchiavello says, the end justifies the means.
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So, when the electoral process is over, they are finished and favored by the votes of the people, they go their own way and become independent. In this state, many become skilled power extortionists. They forget about the Ecuadorian people. And it never mattered. They used him.
In theory, high political participation benefits democracy. Also promote political alliances, as this allows people with common ideologies to come together and present consistent government proposals. However, this does not work in Ecuador, where political organizations are proliferating, without a political ideology. They are created only to sponsor candidacies. This is the only way to explain how traditionally left-wing parties or movements sponsor right-wing candidacies and vice versa. The candidates justify this behavior by claiming that ideologies no longer exist. And so the state plays games, and the managers who own these political parties and movements live off the money generated by renting out their political organizations.
From July 4 to August 3, the CNE will notify the members of the Committee for receiving votes
Electoral reforms are urgently needed to put an end to political business. We need strong and defined political movements and parties, increasing the minimum percentage of votes they must receive in each electoral process. Force candidates to be affiliated with the parties that sponsor them. To regulate the political participation of people who have separated or are separated from the party or movement that sponsored them, after taking the position of representative.
Important reforms that would serve to eliminate opportunists, mediocrity and the corrupt from the candidate lists. And thereby taking away the possibility of obtaining the position of people’s representative. (OR)
Source: Eluniverso
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