Ecuador is experiencing serious internal unrest, and this was recognized by President Guillermo Lasso in the state of emergency decree number six that he has signed so far in 2023. Only one of them is not related to insecurity in the streets and prisons.
The last one was published at dawn on August 10 after the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio and was modified on the same date so as not to interfere with the development of the August 20 elections, which are only 192 hours away.
Can you check the polling station by first and last name for the 2023 elections in Ecuador?
On that day, 13,450,047 people qualified for the electoral roll that the National Electoral Council (CNE) made official for the February 5, 2023 elections and was not reformed due to the rush to call the next process, after the death cross in May. 17.
Both the Government and the CNE have announced operations to provide security to voters, as well as the mobilization of armed forces and police throughout the country starting this weekend, joining yesterday’s holiday.
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An atypical vacation in which many tourists canceled hotel reservations and trips to spas and destinations such as Guayaquil. A decrease in the number of guests has been recorded in restaurants since Thursday evening. Everything is influenced by uncertainty.
Voting is compulsory in Ecuador. This is determined by law, but as citizens who are in favor of democracy, we are obliged to choose who will rule, this time, for a year and a half. Those more than 13 million voters must be guaranteed to do so in peace, that is the government’s obligation.
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State of emergency decrees are no longer trusted by citizens, since May 24, 2021 the executive has signed at least 15 of them, most in an attempt to curb crime. Citizens are again looking for efficiency, to generate the latest strategies that achieve results, to be able to safely go to the polls and go out into the streets with peace of mind that they will return home alive. (OR)
Source: Eluniverso
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