Correísmo Claims Alliances Secured for Ecuador Elections Amid Legal Suspensions

Gabriela Rivadeneira, president of Ecuador's Correísmo movement, asserted on Friday that alliances have been formed with additional parties to ensure participation in the November local elections. This statement follows the suspension of a movement that was set to shelter some of their key figures.

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We have a record of alliances (...) So yes, our candidates will be registered for this electoral process.

An electoral judge suspended the Acción Movilizadora Independiente Generando Oportunidades (Amigo) movement for nine months. The suspension, requested by the interim Prosecutor General Carlos Alarcón, is based on a reserved investigation into alleged money laundering within the movement, known as 'Caja Chica.' The Prosecutor's Office is investigating organized crime, including former presidential candidate Luisa González, former President Rafael Correa, and other Correísmo members, suspecting illicit funds from Venezuela financed the 2023 presidential campaign.

Rivadeneira stated that the movement had prepared for "all scenarios" after a judge suspended their primary political party, Revolución Ciudadana (RC), in March for nine months. She added that the suspension of Amigo was not an "attack on Correísmo" but "against democracy." Correa himself questioned on social media whether Ecuador, Latin America, and the world would permit such an "outrageous assault on democracy."

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We had already warned that whatever vehicle we announced to host the candidacies of the Citizen Revolution would be targeted for suspension, persecution, and harassment. This is not an isolated case.

The names of the parties with which Correísmo has allied will be disclosed once their candidates are registered in early August. Rivadeneira assured that their candidates would be inscribed for the electoral process, despite the legal challenges.

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Is Ecuador, Latin America, and the world going to allow this scandalous assault on democracy?