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Ecuador Minister calls president's recall request "absurd"
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Ecuador Minister calls president's recall request "absurd"

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Ecuador's Government Minister Nataly Morillo called the opposition's request to recall President Daniel Noboa "the last absurdity" and argued it lacks legal requirements.
  • Morillo stated the recall petition, promoted by Leonidas Iza and Washington Andrade, relies on press clippings and general claims, not concrete facts or evidence.
  • The minister presented the National Electoral Council with evidence of the president's verifiable actions, countering the recall proponents' narrative.

Ecuador's Government Minister Nataly Morillo has dismissed a recall petition against President Daniel Noboa as "the opposition's last absurdity," asserting that the move lacks the necessary legal grounds for consideration. The petition, spearheaded by 'Revoca EC,' is being driven by former presidential candidate Leonidas Iza and lawyer Washington Andrade.

The recall of the mandate is the opposition's last absurdity. The same ones who believe they have the right to paralyze the country to impose their will now intend to subject it to a new period of instability.

— Nataly MorilloEcuador's Government Minister commenting on the recall petition against President Noboa.

Morillo criticized the recall effort in a video posted on X, stating that those seeking to destabilize the country through this process are the same ones who "believe they have the right to paralyze the country to impose their will." She argued that the petition is built on "press clippings, general statements, and documents that do not even correspond to the current presidential term," labeling it as "impatience disguised as legal procedure" rather than genuine legal action.

Countering the claims, Morillo highlighted that President Noboa had submitted "22 boxes and 14,532 pages of verifiable management" to the National Electoral Council (CNE). She contended that this evidence contradicts the assertions made by the recall proponents. "Whoever respects democracy respects its rules," Morillo stated, adding that "when a government cannot be defeated with facts or votes, they try to wear it down with false narratives and smear campaigns."

Your request is based on press clippings, general statements, and documents that do not even correspond to the current presidential term. That is not law, it is impatience with a legal disguise.

— Nataly MorilloEcuador's Government Minister criticizing the recall petition's evidence.

'Revoca EC' maintains that they have documented alleged failures in the government's plan using information from public institutions and international organizations. They are awaiting a decision from the electoral body in the coming days. The group has also announced plans for a "permanent vigil" of the process and stated that marches would commence, with the first scheduled for July 4.

Whoever respects democracy respects its rules. When a government cannot be defeated with facts or votes, they try to wear it down with false narratives and smear campaigns.

— Nataly MorilloEcuador's Government Minister defending President Noboa amidst the recall effort.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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