The deputy of the candidate killed in Ecuador sees “lack of will” at the National Electoral Council

The candidate of Movement builds to the presidency of Ecuador, Andrea Gonzalez Naderreplacement for the slain Fernando Villavicencio after being ratified by his formation this Saturday, has accused the National Electoral Council (CNE) of having “lack of will” to approve the changes of the last hours, on which it depends that the formation is present may be the elections on August 20.

González, who already accompanied Villavicencio as a vice presidential candidate, has become the party’s main face after the politician’s shooting at the end of a rally in Quito. The formation “wait” for their “concerns” to be cleared up.

“We are not on today’s agenda and we are concerned that the CNE’s lack of will in this process endangers democracy and peace in Ecuador. We are vigilant,” said González on social networks, a few hours after it was held. debate broadcast among the seven presidential candidates; the eighth candidate was Villavicencio. In this sense, the CNE explained last Thursday that the date of the debate would remain unchanged and that the replacement of the candidate could intervene, although the Construye movement had already warned that it would not participate.

Criticism of replacement

Among those who have criticized the change of candidacy is Villavicencio’s wife, Verónica Sarauz, who has criticized what she considers an “arbitrary” and even “illegal” measure. “The candidacies are inalienable,” he condemned, according to the Ecuavisa chain.

In that sense, he has indicated that González cannot step down as a vice-presidency candidate and that there may be a “zero” vote. If so, “those votes would have been lost and my husband’s death would have been for nothing,” Sarauz complained to the media.