Elections in Ecuador: candidate Zurita votes with extreme police protection

This Sunday, August 20, more than 13 million Ecuadorians go to vote in the general elections in a first round to elect their next head of state.

This will be an election day marked by the assassination of the candidate Fernando Villavicencio when he was leaving a rally in Quito, on August 9. Precisely, the presidential candidate who replaces him, Christian Zurita, went to vote this Sunday with extreme police protection, This after the day before he denounced death threats from groups allegedly linked to the “Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel.”

The journalist arrived at his polling station wearing a helmet and a bulletproof vest, together with a large number of police officers.

“Christian trembles”was the threat reported by Zurita a few hours after the start of the vote, apparently recorded on the Tik Tok social network.

Electoral process

Eight candidates opt for the presidential chair: Yaku Pérez (Claro alliance), Luisa González (Revolución Ciudadana), businessman Xavier Hervas (RETO), former legislator Daniel Noboa (ADN), former Vice President of the Republic Otto Sonnenholzner (Actuemos), security expert Jan Topic (Country Without Fear), Bolívar Armijos (Amigo) and Christian Zurita, who replaces Fernando Villavicencio, as a candidate for the Build movement.

From about 05:00 the attendees to the event began to arrive to be able to access the headquarters of the National Electoral Council (CNE), located in the north of Quito, due to the rings of the Police and the Armed Forces that protect the place.

According to Ecuador’s Diario Expreso, at least 53,000 members of the National Police and 43,000 members of the Armed Forces will protect the more than 4,000 electoral precincts in the country. In addition, there are 2,366 observers and 110,000 delegates from political organizations will be guarantors of transparency.

In Guayaquil, in the electoral precinct where the president William Lasso He will exercise his right to vote at the Ileana Espinel school, there is a strong military contingent and there were also delays, reported Ecuavisa.

After the polls close at 5:00 p.m., the National Electoral Council (CNE) is expected to issue the first results of the presidential elections at approximately 7:00 p.m.

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