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President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador has requested a 15‑day leave of absence from the National Assembly to participate in the upcoming local elections scheduled for November 29. The Assembly will consider the request on Tuesday, covering the period from November 12 to 26. The leave would allow Noboa to support allied candidates during the campaign while complying with constitutional, legal, and regulatory electoral provisions. Noboa previously indicated that he would seek permission for a minimum of seven days and a maximum of fifteen. The November elections will elect 23 provincial prefects and vice‑prefects, 222 mayors, 909 urban councilors, 457 rural councilors, and their respective alternates, as well as the seven members and alternates of the Citizen Participation and Social Control Council (CPCCS). The elections were originally scheduled for February 2027 but were moved forward to avoid potential disruptions from heavy rains associated with the El Niño phenomenon. The main opposition movement, Revolución Ciudadana (RC), led by former president Rafael Correa, will not participate in the November vote because it is temporarily suspended amid a judicial investigation into the financing of the 2023 presidential campaign. Some RC politicians have run under other party banners. The investigation also involves former presidential candidate Luisa González, who lost to Noboa in the 2023 and 2025 elections. González is currently in preventive detention on charges of alleged money laundering and has claimed political persecution. Her legal team has filed a habeas corpus petition seeking to allow her to continue the criminal proceedings outside of prison. Article source: El Nuevo Diario | Image credit: El Nuevo Diario
President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador has requested a 15‑day leave of absence from the National Assembly to participate in the upcoming local elections scheduled for November 29. The Assembly will consider the request on Tuesday, covering the period from November 12 to 26. The leave would allow Noboa to support allied candidates during the campaign while complying with constitutional, legal, and regulatory electoral provisions. Noboa previously indicated that he would seek permission for a minimum of seven days and a maximum of fifteen. The November elections will elect 23 provincial prefects and vice‑prefects, 222 mayors, 909 urban councilors, 457 rural councilors, and their respective alternates, as well as the seven members and alternates of the Citizen Participation and Social Control Council (CPCCS). The elections were originally scheduled for February 2027 but were moved forward to avoid potential disruptions from heavy rains associated with the El Niño phenomenon. The main opposition movement, Revolución Ciudadana (RC), led by former president Rafael Correa, will not participate in the November vote because it is temporarily suspended amid a judicial investigation into the financing of the 2023 presidential campaign. Some RC politicians have run under other party banners. The investigation also involves former presidential candidate Luisa González, who lost to Noboa in the 2023 and 2025 elections. González is currently in preventive detention on charges of alleged money laundering and has claimed political persecution. Her legal team has filed a habeas corpus petition seeking to allow her to continue the criminal proceedings outside of prison.
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