2023-08-12 18:28:51
Andrea González Náder has been chosen to replace Villavicencio in his race for the presidency of Ecuador (REUTERS)
The Construye Movement reported this Saturday, just over a week before the elections, that Andrea González Náder -who was running until this Wednesday as vice president- has been chosen to replace Fernando Villavicencio in his race for the presidency of Ecuador.
“Andrea González Náder was the person chosen by Fernando Villavicencio and by the Construye Movement to replace the President in his absence. Consistent with that, the governing bodies of the Movement have ratified this decision and Andrea González will be registered as a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador,” they reported in a statement.
However, they have not yet defined their running mate, although they announced that “it will be chosen among the most trusted people and who have shared the struggles of our partner Fernando Villavicencio” and it will be announced in the next few hours.
“In terms of legality, Article 99 of the Democracy Code states that the presidential candidate is a one-person candidacy, therefore the Movement will replace the presidential candidate by placing Andrea González as president,” the letter adds and concludes by assuring that “Andrea it will guarantee the legacy of Fernando Villavicencio and millions of Ecuadorians will accompany it in this purpose”.
It is not yet known who will be appointed as vice president in the new formula (Instagram: @andrea.gonzalez.nader)
Article 112 of the Code endorses the Movement to carry out said action since it establishes that “if a candidate for popular election dies or is in a situation of proven physical, mental or legal disability before the respective elections, the organization political organization or alliance that sponsors that candidacy may be replaced with another candidate from the same political organization or alliance.
At the moment, the National Electoral Council has not ruled on its acceptance or rejection of the new candidate who, if ratified, will participate this Sunday in the debate along with the rest of the candidates.
However, in the last few days the organization did announce that the ballots that will be used next Sunday, August 20, will bear the image of Villavicencio since, according to point 112, when said event “occurs before the printing of the corresponding ballots, new ballots will be printed with the photograph and the name of the substitute, otherwise, the already printed ballots will be used, counting for the new candidate the votes cast for the previously registered”.
The appointment of González Náder to succeed Villavicencio in her career had already resounded for days and the candidate herself was determined to continue her partner’s fight. Even late on Friday, she along with the candidates Xavier Hervas, Bolivar Armijos, Otto Sonnenholznez and Yaku Pérez signed the Agreement for Social Security and Peace in Ecuador.
“We promise to join efforts for the future to guarantee governance and support any initiative that is aimed at providing security to the people of Ecuador,” she wrote in her X account and emphasized that “the political history of this country MUST change ”.
González Náder emphasized that “the political history of this country MUST change” (Instagram: @andrea.gonzalez.nader)
Villavicencio was shot dead this Wednesday during a political rally in Quito, which generated the immediate repudiation of the political arch and two days of farewell ceremonies and tributes.
The Police carried out a series of raids on various homes in Conocoto and the south of the capital, of which six people of Colombian nationality were arrested, suspected of having participated in the murder on Wednesday. Two of them were even present at the crime scene while another was killed at the time by the security forces, Interior Minister Juan Zapata added.
The six arrested for the murder of Fernando Villavicencio in Ecuador
Andrés Manuel Mosquera Ortiz, José Neider López Hitas, Adey Fernando García García, Camilo Andrés Romero Reyes, Jules Osmín Castaño Álzate and John Gregorio Rodríguez – all with criminal records in Colombia for drug trafficking, homicide, theft, trafficking and possession of weapons and attack against public servant – were brought before Justice after their belongings were found “a rifle, a submachine gun, four pistols, three grenades, two rifle magazines. four boxes of ammunition, two motorcycles, and a vehicle reported stolen.”
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