Ecuador electoral council rejects claims of fraud in presidential vote

EU observers reject election fraud allegations in Ecuador

European Union observers rejected allegations of electoral fraud in Ecuador's presidential elections, countering claims made by leftist candidate Luisa Gonzalez following her defeat to incumbent conservative President Daniel Noboa.

The allegations of fraud launched by former presidential candidate Luisa González in Ecuador lose strength. The international observation missions that participated in the second round of April 13, including the Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union, did not endorse the opposition denunciations, but left some warnings about the electoral process.

Diana Atamaint rejected the statements of dictator Nicolás Maduro, who said there was a “horrifying fraud” in the Ecuadorian presidential elections

Diana Atamaint, president of the National Electoral Council, said the elections were monitored not only by the two competing parties but also by electoral observation missions of the European Union and the OAS.

In the ranks of the political movement Citizen Revolution (RC) there was surprise when its presidential candidate, Luisa González, ignored the preliminary results of the April 13 second round election, which was won by the elected candidate-president, Daniel Noboa.

Ecuador’s National Electoral Council rejected Tuesday’s allegation of fraud made by left-wing candidate Luisa González after President Daniel Noboa was re-elected in Sunday’s presidential balloting. With 99.3% of the official vote count, Noboa obtained 55.6% of the vote against 44.4% of González. The dolphin of former socialist governor Rafael Correa (2007-2017) ignored the result before his supporters and announced that he would ask for a vote …