The election, pt. 2
The percentages aren’t going to change. A second voting round will take place. I’m glad – not because I want Lasso to come back and defeat Moreno, but because I want the outcome, whatever it is, to be clear to the whole country. Let the whiners have one less thing to whine about.
They sure have been whining the last couple of days. They began to accuse Moreno’s party of election fraud as soon as they saw that his share of the votes would be very close to 40%.
They’ve based their argument on how long it’s taking for the votes to be carefully tallied. What they don’t acknowledge is that it’s normal for this process to take several days in any election, and especially in a close election.
TeleSUR, the Latin American news agency, describes these accusations as what they are: whipping up discontent. (Then again, one might object, TeleSUR is based in countries where there is much sympathy for Ecuador’s ruling party.)
Here are a couple of reports from Britain – trustworthy ones, I hope.
The Guardian.
The Financial Times.
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UPDATE: The next voting round will be held on April 2.
They sure have been whining the last couple of days. They began to accuse Moreno’s party of election fraud as soon as they saw that his share of the votes would be very close to 40%.
They’ve based their argument on how long it’s taking for the votes to be carefully tallied. What they don’t acknowledge is that it’s normal for this process to take several days in any election, and especially in a close election.
TeleSUR, the Latin American news agency, describes these accusations as what they are: whipping up discontent. (Then again, one might object, TeleSUR is based in countries where there is much sympathy for Ecuador’s ruling party.)
Here are a couple of reports from Britain – trustworthy ones, I hope.
The Guardian.
The Financial Times.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
UPDATE: The next voting round will be held on April 2.