The virality achieved by complaints, accusations and investigations on social networks, especially in cases involving public figures, must be taken with caution, which in no way implies avoiding their existence or that public opinion becomes the judge and pronounces guilt or innocence .

This is what the judiciary is for, it is obliged to quickly and extremely seriously investigate what citizens need and can demand.

When cases of alleged harassment involving a former vice president and a former aide are aired, corruption issues are officially reported, or there is a request from the State Attorney’s Office that the justice system determine the date and time of indictments for organized crime crimes. of the Encuentro case, apart from regretting it as a society, it is the duty of the highest state leaders and citizens to demand that the absolute truth be found.

We cannot forget the principle of the presumption of innocence established in the Constitution of Ecuador, which in its article 76, number two, literally says: The innocence of every person will be assumed and will be treated as such, until their responsibility is declared by a final decision or an enforceable judgment.

Due process is also enshrined in the Magna Carta.

The current historical moment requires respect for the law more than ever, but within it there is a need for truth, for transparency, so that in any case there is no room for impunity.

Respect for society starts with government. The functions of the state are called to make extraordinary efforts for institutionality. A country with justice is a better nation for the present and the future, and it is the right of citizens to strive for that. The eyes of Ecuadorians are focused on the work that must be done by the judicial branch. (OR)