President Daniel Noboa, in conflict with Abad, will seek re-election in the February elections. There is a debate about whether he is required to take leave to campaign.
The vice president of Ecuador, Verónica Abad, in conflict with the president Daniel Noboa, He stated this Saturday that tomorrow he will assume the Executive Branch of his country despite being suspended by the Government. Noboa must take leave to face the electoral campaign in search of his re-election in the February elections.
“On January 5, 2025 I will assume the presidency constitutional of the Republic of Ecuador by express mandate of the law” while Noboa “participates as a presidential candidate in the electoral campaign”advertisement Abbot in your X account.
Abad was a candidate for Noboa’s vice president in the elections that they won in 2023, but before taking office she compensated a conflict between the two that worsened over time. The last chapter happened on January 2 when Noboa temporarily appointed Sariha Moya as acting vice president, after Abad did not appear for a position at the Ecuadorian embassy in Turkey.
Due to this conflict with Noboa, Abad asked for support to assume the presidency. «For the full exercise of such a high responsibility and in order to provide continuity and stability to the executive management, I require the support and commitment of each and every one of the functions of the State, Armed Forces, media and mainly of our principal, the Ecuadorian people, deserving of a respectful, serious, sovereign and clear administration in the objectives that we must achieve,” said Abad.
The debate about whether Noboa’s license should be requested
According to the Ecuadorian constitution, if a president who has finished his term and seeks re-election, he must request a license to carry out an electoral campaign. However, it would not be exactly the case of Noboa, who was elected in 2023 to complete the mandate of Guillermo Lasso, who in 2022 dissolved Parliament and called presidential and legislative elections.
For his part, the Minister of Government of Ecuador, José de la Gasca, assured that “it is not mandatory” for Noboa to request a license to participate in the electoral campaign. “There is no express rule that establishes that the president must take leave in these cases,” he stated.
According to of Gascait will be President Noboa himself who will have to decide whether or not to take leave. Until now he has not commented on the matter.
Source: Ambito
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