Incumbent Daniel Noboa leads Luisa Gonzalez Incumbent Daniel Noboa leads Luisa Gonzalez in ‘technical tie’
Ecuador ’s presidential race will go to an April 13th runoff if current trends in the count persist, the national electoral council said late on Sunday, as incumbent Daniel Noboa led left-wing candidate Luisa Gonzalez by less than 1 per cent.
The rivals also faced one another in 2023, when they fought to win the chance to finish out the truncated term of Mr Noboa’s predecessor. Although polls had predicted Mr Noboa to win, even in a single round, he was barely leading the count late on Sunday, with 44.5 per cent to Ms Gonzalez’s 44.1 per cent, with 78.7 per cent of ballot boxes counted. “If the trend is maintained, Ecuadorians will return to the ballot box on April 13th,” Diana Atamaint of the electoral council told a press conference.Trump’s sanctions against the ICC are painful but could have been worseThe 37-year-old heir to a business fortune, Mr Noboa has said his deployment of the military on the streets and in prisons, among other measures, reduced violent deaths by 15 per cent, damped prison violence and aided the capture of major gang leaders. President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa votes in Sunday's election. Photograph: Franklin Jacome/Getty Images But Ms Gonzalez , and Mr Noboa’s other 14 first-round rivals have called for more efforts to fight the drug trade-related crime that has rocked Ecuador in recent years. Ms Gonzalez, a protege of former president Rafael Correa, has said she would tackle crime with major military and police operations, pursue corrupt judges and prosecutors, and introduce a social spending plan in the most violent areas. “This triumph is for you because Daniel Noboa represents fear and we represent hope, change, the hope of transforming the country,” Ms Gonzalez told supporters in Quito, the capital. “We are nearly in a technical tie, with a trend, which is the most important, where we will keep growing in votes and Daniel Noboa will keep falling in votes.” For days, Mr Correa and Ms Gonzalez have been decrying what they called plans to commit election fraud, with Ms Gonzalez singling out Ms Atamaint, saying she had allowed Mr Noboa to ignore campaigning rules.He has been embroiled in a long-running spat with his vice president, most recently over whether and how he could take campaign leave. This week, the constitutional court held invalid two decrees that Mr Noboa used to take campaign leave in the first round, a ruling likely to complicate his ability to name an interim vice president so he can campaign ahead of the run-off. Mr Noboa announced several 11th-hour policies seemingly designed to attract voters, from help for migrants returning from the United States to tariffs on Mexican imports and a trade deal with Canada. -Reuters.Super Bowl half-time show: Kendrick Lamar unleashes Not Like Us and it felt euphoric‘He had his key in the door when it happened’: Stoneybatter residents stunned by sudden violence538 public servants are on career breaks. One has lasted 12 years Ireland’s first Michelin star: ‘It made the front page of the London Times, but only got a mention in the Examiner’Sale of Cellnex Irish unit to Phoenix Tower International for €971m cleared to proceedIreland have road to travel but dream of ‘three-peat’ is still alive
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