Noboa would have lost 2 of the 11 questions in the referendum in Ecuador

An exit poll anticipated that the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboalost two of the eleven questions of the referendum that he called for this Sunday, where according to this survey he won the questions focused on strengthening the fight against organized crime but received a setback in those referring to international arbitrations and hourly contracts..

The survey carried out by the company Infinity Estrategas estimated that lThe question to allow international arbitrations in any jurisdiction obtained 59.44% of valid votes against compared to 40.56% in favor, while that of making labor contracting more flexible registered 65.91% votes against and 34.09% in favor.

According to the measurement of this exit poll, the rest of the questions obtained the support in favor of between 70.64% and 81.91% of the votes, while the value against for those other nine questions ranges between 18.09% and 29.36%.

The question with the most support, close to 82%, was the one that proposed that the Armed Forces permanently support the Police in operations against organized crime.without the need to issue states of exception for this purpose.

The questions to allow the extradition of Ecuadorians required by the Justice of other countries and the installation of a system of courts specialized in constitutional matters also obtained support.

Likewise, the ‘Yes’ won on the issues that propose increasing the penalties for crimes related to organized crime. and also to eliminate prison benefits for those convicted of some of these crimes, so that they have to fully serve their punishments in prison.

Likewise, the proposals to assign the Armed Forces to control access to prisons, to create a crime of possession and carrying of weapons for the exclusive use of police and military personnel, and to equip state forces with seized weapons received popular support. to organized crime.

Another issue won by the Government was to allow the immediate expropriation of illicit assets, as a tool to hit the money laundering networks of criminal organizations.

The referendum called by Noboa was held within the framework of the “internal armed conflict” that he declared at the beginning of the year against organized crime gangs, which he began to consider as terrorist groups and belligerent non-state actors.

They are responsible for the escalation of violence that Ecuador is experiencing and which has led it to be one of the countries with the most homicides in Latin America, registering a rate of about 45 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023.

The exit poll by the company Infinity Estrategas records a sample of 22,114 people consulted, without specifying their geographical scope, and has a margin of error of 2.8% and a confidence level of 95%.