Colombia's President Petro: 'I Cannot Recognize Elections in Ecuador'

Colombia's President Petro: 'I Cannot Recognize Elections in Ecuador'

Amidst the irregularities that characterized the second round of general elections in Ecuador, held last Sunday, April 13, Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced that he “cannot recognize the [results of the] elections in Ecuador,” regarding the irregularities that have characterized the second round of general elections in Ecuador, held last Sunday, April 13, and the count tallied by the National Electoral Council (CNE). Petro justifie…

The president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Ecuador, Diana Atamaint, responded to the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, who compared the elections of that country with the presidential elections of Venezuela. Petro questioned the electoral conditions in Ecuador, in which Daniel Noboa was re-elected president with 55% of the votes. In this sense, he called for "clarifying to the maximum" the allegations of fraud of the correista Lu…

In a confusing message, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, rejected the election results of the April 13 ballot that they gave Daniel Noboa as the winner, and denounced a series of “irregularities” in the process. Something that, according to the Colombian electoral observer, Luz Pastrana, totally lacks evidence and foundations. President Gustavo Petro “lies”; there is no evidence of his accusations of alleged fraud, says electoral observ…