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Revolución Ciudadana will register candidates, says Gabriela Rivadeneira

From El Comercio · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • The Revolución Ciudadana (RC) party in Ecuador will register candidates for upcoming local elections despite the suspension of its sponsoring movement, Movimiento Amigo.
  • RC President Gabriela Rivadeneira stated that alliances have been registered with other organizations to ensure their candidates can participate.
  • The suspension of Movimiento Amigo by the Electoral Contentious Tribunal (TCE) for alleged money laundering is seen by RC and former President Rafael Correa as a politically motivated attempt to hinder their participation.

Ecuador's Revolución Ciudadana (RC) party is determined to field candidates in the upcoming November local elections, even after its sponsoring movement, Movimiento Amigo, was suspended for nine months by the Electoral Contentious Tribunal (TCE). RC President Gabriela Rivadeneira asserted that the party will register its candidates and has already secured alliances with other political organizations.

Our candidacies will be registered for this electoral process.

— Gabriela RivadeneiraThe president of Revolución Ciudadana affirmed the party's commitment to participating in the upcoming elections.

"Our candidacies will be registered for this electoral process," Rivadeneira stated on the YouTube channel Outsiders. She explained that RC has registered alliances with various organizations that will accommodate their candidates, ensuring their participation despite the setback. Rivadeneira described the suspension of Movimiento Amigo as "unprecedented" and a violation of democratic rights and the right to defense.

We have registered all our alliances (...) So yes, our candidacies will be registered for this electoral process.

— Gabriela RivadeneiraRivadeneira confirmed that alliances are in place to ensure RC candidates can run.

The TCE suspended Movimiento Amigo based on a complaint filed by the interim prosecutor general for alleged money laundering. However, the RC party and its prominent figure, former President Rafael Correa, view this action as politically motivated. Correa accused President Daniel Noboa of "stealing the sectional elections" and "proscribing" the Amigo movement to prevent RC candidates from running.

What we are seeing is unprecedented.

— Gabriela RivadeneiraRivadeneira commented on the suspension of Movimiento Amigo.

RC has already registered an electoral alliance in Guayaquil, and decisions regarding the mayoral candidacy there will be made in consultation with Aquiles Álvarez, who is currently facing legal proceedings. The party aims to "win and maintain the Mayor's Office of Guayaquil and recover the Prefecture of Guayas."

And now they are proscribing the Amigo party again - list 16 - with which we were going to participate in the sectional elections.

— Rafael CorreaFormer President Correa criticized the suspension of the Amigo movement.
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Originally published by El Comercio in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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