Ecuador electoral campaigns end
Ecuador: Ecuadorian candidates are finishing on Thursday their
electoral campaigns, after 44 days of strenuous propaganda, in which
there were many attacks against the government and all kinds of promises
and proposals.
The most recent days have been characterized by a saturation of
political prose in the media to sway the vote of the undecided before
the elections on Sunday. Too much advertising does more harn than good,
because it causes the voters exhaustion, even more when it is all about
vague campaign promises that lack foundation, a local analyst said.
The attacks against the government and the country's President Rafael
Correa, who is seeking his re-election under a new constitutional
context, were the focus of attention to the majority of the presidential
candidates.
Correa, whom the polls have revealed as a favourite to win in the
first electoral round on Sunday, alerted that the country's fate, the
continuation of changes or a return to the past, will be decided in
these elections.
Only 24 months in power gave him the chance to carry out the most
important changes in the last 50 years. The value of promises was
rescued and a new Constitution that favors the majority was
overwhelmingly approved, the president said in his last advertising
strip.
The head of State, who was on Wednesday in this capital, will close
his campaign in Guayaquil, a city with the largest number of electors,
considered the Social Christians' headquarters.
One of his adversaries, ex President Lucio Gutierrez, leader of the
Sociedad Patriotica Party (PSP) toured Guayaquil on Thursday and will
end his campaign activity in Quito.
Gutierrez has gained support in the last week, in regions of la
Sierra and Amazonia, with promises of raising salaries, bonds for the
poor and others, according to the polls.
Santiago Perez pollster granted 17 percent of acceptance to the ex
president, placing him in second place, after current head of State, who
garnished 50 percent of voter intention.
Banana tycoon and presidential candidate for Partido Renovador
Institucional (PRIAN) party Alvaro Noboa will be on Thursday in
Guayaquil's Main Port.
Noboa, who is seeking to win the presidency for the fourth time, is
occupying the third position, supported by 12 percent of the electorate,
but he claims he will win on April 26. Guayaquil. Quito, Prensa Latina |
