Detoxification should be today’s goal. It is a personal decision, a responsibility for mental health, but also for the present and the future.

Detoxification from what? It is not about chemical substances, poisons or gases that create a difficult condition in man, but about a political-proselytizing environment that attacks the environment. It is beyond the control of the government that any citizen can make a decision.

The armed forces are guarding 4,390 polling stations for three days before the elections on Sunday, August 20.

In theory, the pre-election campaign for the elections ended tomorrow, August 20. There is election silence in the media. This is foreseen by the Code of Democracy, but polarization, hatred and campaigning intensified on social networks yesterday. Also fake news. Today, the odds are sure to be the same or worse in that scenario.

An investigation by Jonathan Haidt confirms that social media has placed individuals in a Roman coliseum where many want to see the conflict and fury caused by a group of – in many cases – tiny, trolls or digital strategists. It’s not real life, but in moments of crisis it has an effect.

The armed forces are guarding 4,390 polling stations for three days before the elections on Sunday, August 20.

Detoxification from social networks today to make a decision without pressure, manipulation or influence of interested or unconfirmed information is essential in the life of every citizen, especially if there is still indecision. The president is elected for a little over a year and a half, a transition of historical importance for Ecuador.

Detoxify yourself from hate and think of an Ecuador of unity. The country cannot become Babylonian, you must speak only one language: the language of self-improvement and development.

Whatever the result, the protagonists who appear on the ballot must accept it maturely and immediately offer their contingent to fight for better days.

Free yourself from passion and decide with conviction. Tomorrow we must go to the elections safely, in peace. Civility and democracy are the north for citizens who only yearn for a better Ecuador. (OR)