The suspense ended on Sunday February 21: the second round of the Ecuadorian presidential election will oppose On April 11 Andrés Arauz, candidate claiming to be
"21st century socialism"
, supported by former President Rafael Correa, to Guillermo Lasso , former banker on the right.
It took the electoral authorities a week to decide between Guillermo Lasso and Yaku Pérez who were fighting for second place.
Finally, the former banker was credited with 19.72% of the vote and the candidate supported by the indigenous movements 19.39%.
But this result is contested by both Pérez and several personalities, such as the public prosecutor, who is asking for an audit of the voting system.
An indigenous march is underway towards the capital, Quito, to reject the announced results.
Their organizers demand the opening of the ballot boxes and the recount of the votes to "
prevent the consolidation of electoral fraud
".
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