Ecuador has set up a runoff in the presidential election dominated by security | News of the election

The attack of support sees the left -wing challenger Luis Gonzalez’s neck and neck with current President Daniel Noboa.

Hard right President Daniel Noboa and the left -wing challenger Luis Gonzalez were set for the second round in the Ecuador presidential election, and the preliminary results showing a couple and neck.

The National Election Council (CNE) announced that with 80 percent of the ballots of Sunday voice in the first round Bened, Noboa had 44.4 percent. Gonzalez followed carefully, providing better than the expected 44.1 percent.

14 other candidates in the race, which was dominated by an economy that concerned the safety crisis that was subject to drugs was lagging far behind.

“If that trend is held, the Ecuadoreans will return to the ballot box on April 13,” said Cne -headed Diana Atamaint at a press conference.

Surprise rush

The performance of the 47-year-old Gonzalez, the political past of former President Rafael Corre of the left party on the Citizen Revolution movement, was a surprise, guided by the support of support.

She said to the gilded supporters in Quit that the race was a “statistical connection”, adding that they had achieved a “great victory”.

“We won,” she said.

The election survey predicted a stronger result for Nobo, a 37-year-old son of a billionaire banana magnate who took over the office 14 months ago to end his predecessor’s term.

He hoped to collect 50 percent of the votes needed to avoid the competition in his head.

Still, the fans were cheerful on Sunday, illuminating fireworks in Quit and Guayaquil, the two largest city in the country.

“We came to support the president, we want to support us and change the country,” said 52-year-old secretary Myriam Medrano in Quito.

Referendum

The competition was watched widely as a referendum on the delated economy of the country and the Nobo’s iron fist-or “Mano Dura”– Approach to the crime On the eve of the exalted murder, abduction and extortion guided by drug cartels.

Noboa did not take brave executive measures to break violent crime, including declaring an extraordinary situation and arranging the army to the streets.

Human Rights Groups claim that the aggressive use of armed forces led to abuse, including Murder of four boys Whose coal bodies were recently found near the army.

On the day of the election, Noboa deployed heavy armed soldiers to polling stations throughout the country and closed the borders with Colombia and Peru.

Noboa was also involved in a long -term shower with his vice -president, lately whether and how he could take away the campaign.

This week, the Constitutional Court ruled the invalid two decrees that Noboa went to the campaign in the first round of election. This is likely to complicate his ability to appoint a temporary vice president and a campaign ahead of the runoff.