Tensions rise in Ecuador Six months before the presidential elections, the president of the South American country, Daniel Noboadescribed this Thursday as a “betrayal” the complaint for gender violence that her husband did to her Vice President, Veronica Abadbefore the highest electoral court.
“We will fight against this betrayal of the will of the people, and rest assured: we will meet at the polls.“Noboa defended himself in a statement published on his social networks and denounced that Abad wants him “out of power, so that she can add that position.”
Last Monday it became known that on August 8, Vice President Abad filed a complaint for political gender violence before the Electoral Disputes Court against the head of state, Daniel Noboa.The president has not been able to say, first of all, why there is hatred towards his vice president”Abad said. She said she felt “banished” and denounced “hostile” treatment by Noboa, allegedly to pressure her to resign.
The Demand also includes to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gabriela Sommerfeld; to the Deputy Minister of Government, Esteban Torres; already the presidential advisor Diana Jacome.
According to Abbotthe president and the accused officials are carrying out a campaign to discredit him. In particular, he mentioned a case in which his son is being investigated, accused of alleged influence peddling in the vice presidency of the Republic.
Due to this fact, the presidential advisor, Diana Jacomecame to question Abad’s maternity. “If your son is in prison… do you go back or do you prefer to stay because you want power?”I accuse.
How far can the complaint against the president of Ecuador go?
Noboa He came out strongly against Abad because the violence Gender politics is considered a very serious electoral violation, according to the Code of Democracy, and may lead to dismissal and/or suspension of participation rights for two to four years.
Abad’s complaint became known three days after Noboa accepted the nomination of his political movement National Democratic Action (ADN) to run for the presidential elections in February 2025.
The confrontation between Novoa and Abad
The confrontation is believed to have begun before Noboa took office in November of last year. Shortly after starting his government, Noboa appointed Abad as ambassador of peace in Israel, in a clear move to remove her from power. Since then, the president has systematically attacked his vice president.
In the midst of the complaint against Abad’s son, the president Noboa suggested it was only a matter of time before his vice president left office. He even said that Abad “is going to get out on her own”. Then he added, suggestively, that “in the end everything falls by its own weight.”
The confrontation escalated to Abad’s complaint and Noboa’s response. “They are trying to deprive the country of the ratification of a political project that, for the first time in history, decides not to compromise with corruption or with the mobsters and that takes firm steps towards the recovery of our country”accused Noboa in the statement.
Six months before the presidential elections, this accusation adds tension to a complicated situation in Ecuador. No one dares to predict the outcome of this confrontation.
Source: Ambito
