Rafael Correa: "The government of Lenín Moreno is cl …

From Brussels, the former President of Ecuador, Rafael CorreaHe analyzed the explosive situation in his country after the president Lenin Moreno suspend fuel subsidies and declare the state of exception. "This government is clinically dead, there is no way out, "he said in dialogue with the program Let the ideas come back from 750.

For the exmandatario, the leaders who support Moreno do not represent the people who manifest themselves in the streets of Ecuador. "They try to control with the most brutal repression they remember."

With regard to the ruling party's versions that call it a coup d'etat (including Moreno himself), he said: "They treat us like cutters but we only talk about what the constitution says". Correa explained that, according to the Magna Carta of Ecuador, the President cancall early elections and it would bethe peaceful situation, constitutional and democratic basis for this situation ". "They do not care about the country, they want to continue to dominate and perpetuate their power," he said.

Correa also referred to the complicity of the means of communication Ecuadorians with the government. "The press does not pay anything," he said. For Correa, the media "are part of the government, are the owners of the government and are the ones who dictate what they should or should not do in power".

In this line, Correa compared the media armor that exists in Ecuador with what happened in Argentina in the 2015 elections: "Scioli lost against Clarin"he condemned. "Democracy is based on information, information was stolen, then democracy was stolen," said the former president, who added: "The press is the new opium of our peoples."

Regarding his relationship with Alberto Fernández, Correa explained that he could not speak directly with the presidential candidate, but they are in contact. We both participate in the Puebla group, "he explained.

Correa also talked about court cases which was initiated by the opposition in Ecuador: "I have more causes than Al Capone and Chapo Guzmán togetherI work to pay lawyers, "he said.

The Ecuadorian leader defined Correaism as "the greatest electoral force" and added: "We must see if we can act alone, we can be the majority". Correa said that the opposition had the power but "they handle it perversely". He added that his task "is not only to win, but to win widely".

Regarding the possibility of standing for future presidential elections in Ecuador, Correa (currently residing in Belgium) explained that he was constitutionally handicapped for the post. "They do not count the polls, they try to beat us with corruption. What they did is unconstitutional. "

Although he can not run as a presidential candidate, Correa explained that he could participate as an assembly or vice president. "We must recover the country, our colleagues are persecuted. I would only participate if it guaranteed victory, "said Correa, explaining that the best thing the Argentinian people can do for Ecuadorians is" to vote well ".