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Guayaquil (Ecuador), 27 July. The opposition leader and two-time presidential candidate in Ecuador, Guillermo Lbado censures the political and economic project of the current president, Lenin Moreno is equal to that of his predecessor, Rafael Correa, but "with a friendly face"
"The Ecuador was ruled by (the left-wing official party) Alianza País last eleven years, d & # First with the arrogant face of Correa, then with the friendly face of Lenin Moreno "said Lbado in an interview with Efe in his office in Guayaquil. [19659003] 62-year-old entrepreneur and two-time Ecuadorian presidential candidate in 2013 and 2017, Lbado does not rule out once again taking the lead after the National Electoral Council, controlled by the correísmo, has proclaimed winner Moreno alleging a dispute of nearly 230,000 votes in the second round, result that he disputed under the suspicion of fraud.
Although the opposition in Ecuador seems to have been silenced after Moreno took office in May 2017 with a spirit of dialogue and without the spirit of confrontation of his predecessor, the leader of the opposition group CREO, believes that "after the Correa decade there is an impression of change, that we have reached an oasis or paradise" . nothing is further from reality and resorts to a popular proverb to emphasize that " basically, it's the same syringe with different bitoque the same economic model, the same totalitarian project "
For example, he points out that despite the fact that the executive" speaks for itself "that it will reform the law on communication, which dates back to 2013 and is considered by legionaries and organizations that defend the freedom of the press gag, in practice there has been no result.
"He spent a year and a half in government and follows the law of communication, as a weapon on the table, as a symbol of the threat to freedom of expression in Ecuador" [19459010Reports
The Ecuadorian President recently stated that 80 amendments have been introduced to reform the legislation and that it is under parliamentary procedure.
However, the opposition, as the international organizations call for its permanent abolition.
Lbado continues to badert that during the two electoral rounds of 2017, there was fraud and intentional misinformation after which a number of void votes were released. that no exit poll has collected and given victory to the current president.
"Here it happened like in Venezuela, an election breakdown of more than an hour in which we had no information and that the results had changed markedly " he says in relation to some complaints that he prefers to leave out:" They will remain on the political plane, but history will be in charge of judging them ".
argues that the successor of Correa "had to legitimize before the great doubt of the fraud by a popular consultation" and so on February 4 took place the plebiscite which contained one of the campaign promises of Lbado, which was d & # 39; 39, to prevent re-election
"It was our proposal," insists Lbado, for whom Moreno "continues to manage the economy with the same formula as Correa".
In this sense, he criticizes that in the first year of the government "He indebted the country in 10,000 million dollars" and that there is a "deconcentration" of public expenditure .
He also blames that in this first year of management "161,000 decent jobs were destroyed" and proposes a new model that takes into account the basic needs of the population, while allowing private companies to revive the economy.
Explains that his parliamentary bloc, which grouped 22 of the 137 legislators of the House, abstained from voting in favor of the new law of productive development, considering that it does not protect the fiscal deficit or public spending, "to prevent future governments from making mistakes still continue to spend beyond what is due."
In Foreign Policy Lbado strongly questions what he considers " a double position "concerning the situation in Venezuela
" I have conveyed to the President There can be only one political prisoner.Either there is democracy or it does not exist and this has been denounced by some countries in the region. "
" I would aspire to see a clearer position ", insists on the lack of firm condemnation of Quito to Nicolás Maduro's regime. 19659003] Reveals that the only contact maintained with Moreno since his presidency was a thank you call for the support that he brought to him considering the insecurity on the border with Colombia after a series of attacks and abductions of Ecuadorians "a matter of state"
"They do not dialogue, neither at the Assembly nor at the level of the government. There is absolutely no dialogue " concludes
- With information from Daniela Brik. EFE
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