Military protects Ecuador's presidential candidates
The candidates that will dispute the second round of elections in Ecuador, Luisa Gonzalez and Daniel Noboa, will be protected by the armed forces, informed President Guillermo Lasso on Thursday. teleSUR
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00:00 Both candidates for the Ecuadorian presidency, Luisa González and Andiél Novoa, already
00:06 enjoy police protection, which will be reinforced by the president of the military.
00:11 President Guilmón Lasso said that the candidates in Ecuador's runoff election, Luisa González
00:16 and Andiél Novoa, will be protected by the armed forces.
00:20 In a message posted on his social networks, the Ecuadorian president announced that he
00:24 had ordered the armed forces to provide security for the presidential candidates.
00:30 President Lasso also stressed that a country democratic that will emerge, threatened from
00:34 the electoral process, or is essential that the candidates have adequate protection.