Ecuador has started this Tuesday the campaign for the election day of February 5, which will have as main points of interest the designation of local authorities and a battery of proposals to change the Constitution promoted by the president, Guillermo Lasso, and in which the level of support of the current government will be measured.
Ecuador is called to elect 5,600 positions at local level, where the ruling party will compete with candidates loyal to former president Rafael Correa, who continues to be a popular figure in the South American country despite residing outside the country and having several open cases. The Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS) will also be renewed.
One of the main points of interest will be a battery of eight questions that the Government wants to submit to citizen consultation and which include some of the thorny issues of current Ecuadorian politics, such as the fight against insecurity.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) «urges candidates, political and social organizations that this period of the electoral process be carried out with respect, without violence, debating ideas and promoting an informed vote of the citizens».
Among the proposals is to authorize the extradition of Ecuadorian citizens to other countries and the reduction of the number of legislators and political movements. Technically, however, the National Assembly, dominated by the opposition, does not have to implement the results of the referendum.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
