00:00 The UK has started putting in place the ballot boxes that will be used in this Sunday's election.
00:06 Images of armed soldiers unloading trucks with poor materials for an election that is
00:10 already out of the ordinary in a country that has been shaken by a wave of violence for
00:15 the past few weeks.
00:17 With the army and police combined, around 100,000 men are expected to be deployed for
00:21 the first round, a ballot that will not only designate the two candidates for the second
00:26 round of the presidential election, but will also renew the National Assembly.
00:31 In recent days, 44 candidates have asked for a security system to be put in place.
00:37 As far as voters are concerned, they are invited to go to the polls with their identity card
00:43 only.
00:44 No bags allowed at the entrance.
00:47 Concentration in front of polling stations will be prohibited, as will the presence of
00:52 street vendors so numerous in this part of the world.
00:57 There has been no poll for the last 10 days, as required by the electoral rules of this
01:02 country.
01:04 And at that date, the candidate Fernando Villavicencio was still alive.
01:08 So for the moment, we have no idea of the repercussions of this assassination on the
01:13 possible vote of the electorate.
01:15 Last May, when President Lasso dissolved the National Assembly, just as it was about to
01:21 vote a motion of censure against him for alleged embezzlement, we could have imagined a comeback
01:28 by the party of former President Rafael Correa.
01:31 But the violence of this campaign could awaken a more extreme vote.
01:35 The country's unprecedented insecurity and violence attributed by the authorities to
01:40 organized crime and drug trafficking are undoubtedly the main concern of the population.
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