Ecuador’s vice president has distanced himself from outrageous demands by his son’s wedding planner and model, Jasmine Tookes

Commands for Caroline Muzo, the model’s wedding planner jasmine tookes and Juan David Borrero, son of the vice-president of Ecuador, Alfredo Borrero placeholder image, and executive of Snapchat, the Ecuadorians are indignant. The organizer asked the Municipality of Quito, capital of Ecuador and city where the ceremony took place, that metal fences be put up, that passers-by be blocked, that a place be cleaned and even that people in the street be evicted from the porches of churches and houses.

Based on criticism on social networks, the General Secretariat of Communication of the Presidency of Ecuador issued a statement to ensure the national government “shares the outrage” of citizens and called the demands “unacceptable.” However, until last weekend when the wedding took place, Vice President Borrero had not said anything about it.

Once the marriage is celebrated, Vice President Borrero told local media that he did not agree with Muzo’s demands and, literally, that “the lady’s comments are his own, I do not agree with many. of them”.

The vice president clarified that the wedding was paid for with the bride and groom’s money and that there was no use of public funds. He added that “this is private money that has been used for a private wedding, unlike other occasions where public money has been used for private purposes”.

The second president referred to the occasions when private parties were held at the Carondelet Palace, seat of Ecuador’s executive power, such as when a reception was offered to Miguel Bose, Spanish artist who even sang several of his songs kissed by the then president Rafael Correa, February 12, 2016. Or like when you celebrated your wedding, in the same place, Tatiana Ordeñana, then magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador, August 8, 2016.

Saturday September 4, Borrero and Tookes got married in the Church of San Francisco, in the historic center of Quito. The couple got engaged after four years of love affair. At the wedding there were about 300 participants, among which were present international models, businessmen and national authorities as well as from other countries.

The perimeter of the Plaza de San Francisco, where the homonymous basilica is located, was enclosed by metal fences. Nevertheless, about 3,000 people came to the site to see the newlyweds and their guests. Vice President Borrero said that on the wedding day he came to “greet the people” and mentioned that “from what I could see, people were happy, the shops were open”. The wedding planner, in a statement, said traders were rewarded for the day’s work, believing they could have losses due to passers-by being unable to access their premises during the event. .

When Juan David Borrero and jasmine tookes They got engaged, they got it in the desert of Utah, United States. Borrero and Tookes both earn substantial income from their jobs. Borrero is a senior executive for Snapchat, the multimedia and instant messaging app with nearly 500 million active users worldwide. While Tookes is one of the 20 highest paid models in the world. Both were able to get married anywhere in the world, however, since their engagement, they have announced their wish for the ceremony to take place in Ecuador. Faced with this decision, the vice-president and father of the groom said he was “delighted” and said it was a good opportunity for Ecuador to be known around the world. “So let’s think of an inclusive Ecuador, to show ourselves around the world“, he underlined.

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