Former President of Ecuador Rafael Correa Denounces Intensifying Persecution During Election Season
Former President of Ecuador Rafael Correa.
Rafael Correa denounced the judicial persecution against the Citizen Revolution at the gates of the early general elections.
The former president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa (2007-2017), listed the pretexts under which personalities of his political force, such as former Vice President Jorge Glas, have been taken to court or placed behind bars.
On his social media, he mentioned how the attorney general, Diana Salazar, reactivated the already-declared-void Singue case against Glas, about irregularities in an oil contract, and another process of alleged embezzlement in a road project.
“The pressures are enormous,” said Correa, “to end them, they destroyed the homeland.”
He pointed out that there have been six years of actions to neutralize him and eliminate Correaism regardless of the truth, or any regard for human rights, freedom, or the possibility of living in the country.
For this they have used all the power of the state, corrupt media and journalists, and economic power, said the leader of the Citizen Revolution (CR).
He called upon Ecuadorians to go to the polls August 20 and take advantage of the opportunity to put an end to the state of terror, which has been organized by a government that’s in the hands of the mafias and does not fight delinquency or organized crime that has infiltrated them.
Currently, there is much anticipation to find out who will be the candidates of the CR presidency and vice presidency.
It seems likely that the movement, considered the strongest nationally, will select one of the candidates from the 2021 presidential elections, Andres Arauz or Carlos Rabascall, although the name of former legislator Luisa Gonzalez is also being mentioned.
Gonzalez also condemned the selection of cases by the attorney general, which so far has not addressed crimes by the current president, Guillermo Lasso.
Arauz, for his part, said, “They are resuming the legal war because they will not be able to win at the ballot box, by the will of the people. We need to have strategic patience to win. It will not be long now.”
The call for early elections was made after Lasso decreed May 17 the deadly crusade and dissolved the National Assembly, precisely when that body was moving towards an impeachment trial against him for the alleged crime of embezzlement that could lead to his removal from office.
The electoral schedule foresees the first round on August 20, a possible run-off election on October 15 and the appointment of the new president in November.
(HispanTV)
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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