The political movement Construye, of Ecuador, announced this Saturday that Andrea González Nader will be its new presidential candidate, replacing Fernando Villavicenciowho last Wednesday was assassinated by suspected hitmen as he left an electoral rally.
Until now Andrea González Náder held the candidacy for vice president in the binomial headed by Villavicencio, for which Construye indicated in a statement that in the next few hours it will announce the person who will replace the activist and environmental engineer as her companion in this formula.
If the National Electoral Council (CNE) accepts this change, González Náder would participate this Sunday in the debate that the presidential candidates will hold a week after the vote for these extraordinary general elections, called for next August 20.
To make this change in the pairing of presidential and vice-presidential candidates, Construye cited article 99 of the Ecuadorian Democracy Code, which “points out that the presidential binomial is a one-person candidacy”.
“Andrea González Náder was the person chosen by Fernando Villavicencio and by the Construye Movement to replace the president in case of absence”, recalled the political formation.
“Consistent with that, the governing bodies of the movement have ratified this decision and Andrea González will be registered as a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador”he added.
In the statement, signed by the national secretary of Construye, Raúl González, it was detailed that at the meeting of the governing bodies of the movement “The names of other citizens were also analyzed, but they were unanimously rejected.”
“We urge allied groups and friends that, based on Fernando’s legacy, any difference is treated respectfully”he concluded.
If González Nader is materialized in the CNE as a candidate for the Presidency by Construye, there will be two women who are running for the head of state out of a total of eight candidates in contention.
The other woman in contention is former assembly member Luisa González, candidate of the Citizen Revolution (RC), the movement led by former President Rafael Correa (2007-2017).
The winners of these elections will complete the period 2021-2025, interrupted by the invocation last May by the current president, Guillermo Lasso, of the constitutional mechanism of the “cross death”with which he dissolved the National Assembly (Parliament), with an opposition majority, at the moment that he was preparing to vote on his dismissal.
In this way, he forced this call for extraordinary elections, which at the same time implied a reduction in his mandate, which he does not intend to complete until 2025, since the current head of state is not running for re-election.
Source: EFE
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