Ecuador Election Recount: Lasso Loses 100 Votes, Moreno up 143

[Judi Lynn]

Published 11 April 2017 (9 hours 48 minutes ago)


Guillermo Lasso demanded a recount after he lost the elections, but backfired as irregularities were cleared.

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa confirmed Tuesday that with the recount requested by the right-wing opposition, former presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso lost 100 votes, while President elect Lenin Moreno gained an additional 143 votes.

After coming in 2 percent behind Moreno in the April 2 run-off vote, Lasso alleged the elections were fraudulent, basing his claims largely on favorable exit polls that has projected a win for him and his running mate Andres Paez. Days later, after the National Electoral Council, known as CNE, officially delcared Moreno the winner with more than 99 percent of votes counted, Lasso requested a vote-by-vote recount.

In response to the complaints, the CNE recounted 296,340 votes from ballots with inconsistencies in five provinces. CNE President Juan Pablo Pozo announced that the percentage of votes won by each candidate "remained identical" to the original official results.

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http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Ecuador-Election-Recount-Lasso-Loses-100-Votes-Moreno-up-143-20170411-0023.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. UN Secretary General Congratulates Ecuadorian President Elect

UN Secretary General Congratulates Ecuadorian President Elect


United Nations, Apr 10 (Prensa Latina) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has congratulated Ecuadorian president-elect Lenin Moreno, and wished him a success in his executive mandate.

In a letter delivered to Ecuadorian permanent representative to the UN, Horacio Sevilla, Guterres expressed his expectations and ideas, that under the guidance and leadership of Lenin Moreno, Ecuador consolidates the progress achieved in the past years, framed in what is known as Revolucion Ciudadana (Citizen's Revolution), a revolutionary process Rafael Correa led for 10 years.

'I am convinced that, under his leadership, Ecuador will consolidate the achievements made over the past years, particularly in the field of sustainable and equitable development, poverty reduction, and progress towards the Objectives for Sustainable Development', Guterres pointed out.

Guterres expressed a deep respect for the valuable contribution given by Lenin Moreno during his work as a Special Envoy to the UN Convention for Disability and Accessibility, between 2013 and 2016.

Guterres also wrote on his letter the will of the Ecuadorian president-elect and the leaders of Ecuador to deepen the work, by Ecuador and the UN in favor of peace, development and human rights.

Moreno defeated Ecuadorian rightwing candidate and banker Guillermo Lasso on the second round of the presidential elections on April 2, and will take office on May 24, together with Jorge Glas as Vice-President.

http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=11538&SEO=un-secretary-general-congratulates-ecuadorian-president-elect

(Short article, no more at link.)

[Warpy]

2. Good, glad it backfired on the oligarch/colonialist candidate

This is good news for Ecuador. Correa had a few boneheaded ideas here and there, but he was overall very good for the country.

[Danascot]

3. Ecuador is a civilized country

If the validity of an election is doubted. they do a recount to determine exactly what the vote was. What a concept!