Moreno defines Correa as a "thug" obsessed with re-election

The President of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, declared himself proud this Friday of having disappointed his predecessor, Rafael Correa, whom he described as "obsessed" "thug" by re-election. I've been disappointed, I'm glad to have disappointed you, "said Moreno at Foro America organized this Friday by Europa Press and Estudio de Comunicación with the sponsorship of Indra and Inypsa and the collaboration of the Business Forum of Madrid.

Moreno arrived at the Carondelet Palace on May 24, 2017 with the support of Correa, who had him as vice president for much of his tenure, however, they distanced themselves until what they recognize as political rivals.

"He said he left a table served and, no sir, they took it to the table"

The current president has confessed that & # 39; 39; he was not dedicated to Correa's work because "he thought things were fine", focusing on social issues I had ordered him to push. "He said that he left a table served and , no sir, they took it to the table, "he illustrated.

Moreno badured that when & # 39; 39, he returned from his post to the UN as Special Envoy of the General Secretariat for Disability and Accessibility, already in the last part of the Correa administration, the chief leftist had changed.

"I met a totally different person, I was obsessed with being re-elected indefinitely," he said. He even said that "he had become a kind of neighborhood bully, someone who seeks to attack" those who think differently.

The ideologues "never told us that socialism was a crime, kidnapping and falsification of public resources", reproached. "Since when is socialism corruption, is it authoritarianism, is it intolerance, lack of respect for human rights and lack of freedom of human rights? 39; term "?

"Since when is socialism corruption, intolerance, lack of respect for human rights and lack of freedom of expression?"

Asked about the question of s & # 39 he thinks that Correa will eventually sit for several criminal proceedings that he opened on charges ranging from economic mismanagement to the alleged kidnapping of Ecuadorian opponent Fernando Balda, was limited to emphasize that in Ecuador, justice is independent.

Neither of them wanted to compare the case of Correa, who lives in Belgium, his wife's native country. He was arrested and extradited to Ecuador, along with that of former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont.

Moreno argued that Correa "has the right to exercise any mechanism for" defense ", which includes international protection, although it has appealed to" sister countries " for that they "do not intervene in Ecuador's justice or do not qualify it."

According to Moreno, at that time, the government had authoritarianism and corruption and polarized society at the time point that "there were family and friends who distanced themselves." All of this, he said, has engendered an "enormous social confrontation" that his government has proposed to change through a national dialogue. " first thing I did was a call for cordiality, at the meeting of the Ecuadorians, "he recalled.

Moreno fled the term" revolution ", considering that" the countries of the world, " Latin America, where "whenever a change is going to be made, it's called the revolution"

Moreno pointed out that in this national dialogue there were more than 3,000 participants from different organizations. The Latin American leader emphasized that maintains "permanent contact" with everyone, including those who think differently. In this sense, he defended diversity, "diversity of all kinds, not only political, but social and others", arguing that plurality is "wealth". A totally homogeneous world, he says, "would be unbearable."

"Correa had become a kind of neighborhood thug, someone who seeks to badault" anyone who thinks differently, adds Moreno.

Moreno fled the term "revolution", considering that "has been excessively manipulated, mainly by the countries of Latin America", where "whenever you go to make a change is called revolution", and chose to define his policy as "modern progress" "We took the situation with the responsibility to solve it." According to Moreno, they began to apply the "corrective measures" needed to redress the economy without renouncing social policies. Absolute transparency "because" in the previous government everything was hidden. "

The Latin American leader compared Ortega, who adds fifteen years in the office, with the character of Golum in the saga lite Rare and cinematic The Lord of the Rings

The Ecuadorian president also spoke of Daniel Ortega, who said that he had "gone mad" for power.

Moreno said that "it is what is generated in the moment when a person is too much in power." cares more about the country, its well-being (…) The only thing that haunts him, it's the power, "he added. The Latin American leader compared Ortega, who adds fifteen years in the office, with the character of Golum in the literary and cinematographic saga of The Lord of the Rings . "It becomes sinister," he declared

. However, he stressed that the Nicaraguan president is not the only one to cling to the post. "There is a lot of Gollum," he said, warning against "the drugs of power": "The power is something circumstantial that we should try to overtake as soon as possible. "

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