Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso Will Not Seek Reelection in 2021 Presidential Elections

The President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, He said that he will not run as a candidate in the presidential elections that will take place this year. after he decreed the “cross death” and dissolved the National Assembly in the framework of a political trial against him.

The president made the statement in an interview with the Washington Post. He said that he will use the remaining time in office to advance security, health, education and infrastructure issues. He also said that he doesn’t care who will replace him.

The elections must take place within a period not exceeding three months from the cross death, and the vice president of the National Electoral Council, Enrique Pita, said that They could be next August 20.

Both the members of the assembly who were sympathetic to Lasso and the parties declared in opposition showed their acceptance of new elections, even emerging some of the names that would seek the presidency from 2023 to 2025, the year in which the period for which the current president was elected ends.

Possible candidates include Yaku Perez, who was Lasso’s opponent in the 2021 elections and, although his aspiration is not confirmed, a message on his social networks reflects his work for the construction of a political option.

In addition, Otto Sonnenholzner, who was vice president of the republic (2018-2020), said on Thursday that if his role serves to “unify a trend, away from authoritarianism, away from inefficiency, away from corruption” in the next presidential elections, he will play the “role that corresponds”, in statements to La Posta.

Sonnenholzner did not participate in the country’s previous sectional elections, where he could have participated for the Guayaquil Mayor’s Office.

Meanwhile, Fernando Villavicencioafter leaving his position as an assemblyman with the application of ‘cross death’, did not rule out participating in the country’s next general elections, noting that there are already some people with whom he has talked and with whom he would formulate for the Presidency and Vice Presidency.

Finally, another of the names that enters this prior to the presidential contests is Jaime Nebot, life president of the Social Christian Party (PSC) and president of Guayaquil for almost 19 years.

His name placed him on the new political scene Esteban Torres, former assemblyman and former vice president of the National Assembly, pointing out that in the face of early elections Nebot is the “most powerful candidate for the Presidency of the Republic”, explaining to La Posta that he is an internal voice of the PSC that emerges “with great force”.

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