*Political analyst says results reflect urgent need for a change of president in the country
*Insecurity crisis is one of the problems most in need of urgent attention
*Energy crisis is another of the main issues to be faced by the new government
*Citizens remains expectant ahead of second round of elections
*Insecurity crisis is one of the problems most in need of urgent attention
*Energy crisis is another of the main issues to be faced by the new government
*Citizens remains expectant ahead of second round of elections
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00:00Ecuador will return to the polls on April the 13th to elect the country's
00:08president after neither of the two most vote candidates, Luisa GonzĂĄlez and
00:13Daniel Navoa, obtained a different of a whole plus one of the valid votes, nor
00:19the 4% with different of 10 points over a second. Let's see more details.
00:26After a long election day, Ecuador is preparing for a second round of
00:33elections to be held on April 13th. This after the National Electoral Council
00:37confirmed on February 9th that the candidates with the highest scores,
00:40Luisa GonzĂĄlez and Daniel Navoa, did not obtain 40% with a difference of 10
00:45points over the second to win in the first round.
00:50For Pablo Meriget, political analyst, the results reflect the urgency of a change
00:54of mandate in the country. Otherwise, he indicates, the margin of difference in
00:58the tally tallies, which present less than one point of difference, should be
01:02greater. I believe this is a result that few people expected, that is to say, such
01:10a radical polarization, a very strong polarization was expected, but it was not
01:15expected that both positions would agglutinate almost 88, 89% of the votes.
01:20Nobody saw that coming. In fact, now it is almost vis-a-vis the two. In fact,
01:25there is less than a percentage point difference in the valid votes, and that
01:29showed that something has changed in the Ecuador.
01:33But what are the problems that the new command will face? What changes should it implement?
01:40For citizens, one of the main problems that requires urgent attention is the
01:44security crisis, which according to figures from the National Police, violent
01:48deaths in January reached 750 cases. It is also important to note that according
01:53to figures from the Ministry of the Interior, between January and December
01:5615th, 2024, an average of 19 people were murdered every day.
02:03The Ecuadoran people must realize that we definitely have to look for economic
02:12development and educational preparation. In short, because it is so ugly that people
02:21have to speak badly of Ecuador abroad, when Ecuador had a very specific name worldwide.
02:31Because we were doing well, and now we have to hide in fear, what a shame.
02:39The energy crisis is another of the main points to be faced, because this crisis has resulted
02:46in economic losses. For example, according to the productive sector, power outages generate
02:51around $4 billion in losses per month, while in the industrial sector alone, an estimated
02:57$20 million are lost every night of blackout.
03:04The new government would have to face many issues, such as insecurity, everything. The
03:08country is in pieces. The country needs a true leader to take the country forward.
03:21Citizens remain expectant for the elections on April 13th, when Ecuador will elect the
03:26president for a period of four years, that is, until 2029.
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