Ecuador sets voting machines to zero
Two hours before the closing of the polls, the National Electoral Council (CNE) reset the Computerized System of Counting and Results (SIER), for the entry of the tallying minutes carried out by the polling stations (JRV). teleSUR
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - We go live to Ecuador.
00:10 Electoral authorities are providing a briefing
00:12 before the beginning of the vote counting process.
00:15 (speaking in foreign language)
00:20 (speaking in foreign language)
00:24 - Thank you, Mayor President, for coming here
00:40 and continue with the process.
00:42 (speaking in foreign language)
00:46 (speaking in foreign language)
00:50 - We have here over 1,000 military officers
00:57 to provide security for our borders
01:03 and the rest of the staff.
01:05 (speaking in foreign language)
01:11 We would also like to thank the rest of the staff
01:16 who is here supporting the elections,
01:19 realizing, taking into account the activities
01:24 that they perform and the vote counting
01:27 and the whole process.
01:28 (speaking in foreign language)
01:32 - Right now we are here witnessing the report
01:57 of the information system,
01:59 (speaking in foreign language)
02:03 which is now reporting zero votes
02:06 from each voting candidate.
02:10 (speaking in foreign language)
02:17, thank you.
02:18 (speaking in foreign language)
02:22 (beeping)
02:24 (speaking in foreign language)
02:28 (beeping)
02:30 (beeping)
02:33 (beeping)
02:35 (beeping)
02:37 (beeping)
03:05 - We are seeing the images from the seat
03:07 of Ecuador's National Electoral Council,
03:11 as they have been giving a briefing,
03:12 a short briefing of how everything is ready
03:15 to start a vote counting process once the polls close.
03:18 They were showing documents demonstrating
03:20 that all the tallies are in zero,
03:21 so no vote has been counted,
03:23 but showing the transparency and the legitimacy
03:26 of this process that is due to start very shortly.
03:28 Ecuador's election day has been fairly calm,
03:33 despite the tense path towards this election day,
03:37 with an insecurity crisis that saw the murder
03:39 of one of the candidates.
03:41 Police and military officials have been out
03:43 on the streets in force during the day
03:45 to ensure the safety of the voters and everyone involved,
03:50 and that the process is carried out normally,
03:53 as it has occurred.
03:54 There were issues during the day.
03:56 People from abroad, Ecuadorians living outside
03:59 of the country, have been reporting
04:01 that they have been able to vote from where they're living,
04:05 especially from the US and Europe.
04:07 The president of the Ecuador's National Electoral Council,
04:12 in her latest briefing, said that these issues
04:17 have been seen and that they will be continuing
04:19 monitoring the situation to ensure
04:21 that the voting takes place normally.
04:23 Today's election comes early.
04:29 Guillermo Lasso put in effect something
04:33 that the constitution allows,
04:35 something called the cross death, la muerte cruzada.
04:38 He was experiencing an impeachment process,
04:41 and during this, before he was impeached,
04:44 he called on this law of the country's constitution
04:48 that dissolved the government and calls
04:50 for these early elections that are being held today.
04:53 We're seeing the process of--
04:59 all the signings of the pertinent documents to begin,
05:02 to continue with these general elections
05:05 that are held today in Ecuador.
05:07 In the latest report given by the Electoral Council,
05:11 over 50% of the electoral roll had participated
05:16 in today's voting day.
05:18 Authorities have said that Ecuadorian families
05:25 decided to come out early,
05:27 all because of this insecurity crisis
05:29 that the country is experiencing,
05:32 to come out early and carry out their constitutional right
05:35 to elect their authorities.
05:36 The government attributes this insecurity crisis
05:41 to drug trafficking cartels that are fighting for power
05:45 over the routes of these illegal drugs.
05:49 (speaking in foreign language)
05:52 Critics have blamed the sharply rising violence
06:03 on drug traffickers, as we were saying,
06:05 and Ecuador's own employment walls
06:06 and the country's recent insecurity was on display,
06:10 as we mentioned last week, when Villavicencio,
06:12 a former investigative journalist and lawmaker,
06:15 was gunned down while leading a campaign event.
06:17 He was one of the candidates for the presidency,
06:20 but was murdered on one of his campaign events,
06:23 showing the insecurity crisis that the country is facing.
06:27 Homicides have more than tripled in the capital, Quito,
06:31 over the past three years,
06:32 and the coastal cities of Guayaquil and Esmeraldas
06:35 have been ranked among the region's most dangerous.
06:38 Deadly prison riots have also broken out on a regular basis,
06:42 and presidential candidates who have beefed up protections
06:45 and kept their schedules limited
06:47 since Villavicencio's assassination
06:49 made combating crime a central theme
06:51 in their final campaign stops.
06:53 (speaking in foreign language)
06:57 We invite you to keep up with this process.
07:07 You can also see the results live
07:10 from the Borne County on our website.
07:12 (dramatic music)
07:15 (dramatic music)
07:17 We're watching live images from the headquarter
07:27 of the Electoral Council in Ecuador
07:29 as they were all getting ready
07:30 for the process of vote counting.
07:32 They will show their legitimacy and transparency
07:34 by showing that all the tallies are at zero,
07:36 so no vote has gone in,
07:38 so everything will start from scratch.
07:40 And we will continue providing updates
07:43 as the electoral authorities provide them live
07:45 here at Televisor English,
07:46 so stay tuned with us for upcoming news brief
07:48 and for more news on this and other topics.
07:50 (upbeat music)