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Quito - Ecuadorian candidates
are finishing on Thursday their electoral
campaigns, after 44 days of strenuous
propaganda, in which there were many attacks
against the government and all kinds of
promises and proposals. The most recent days
have been characterized by a saturation of
political prose in the media to sway the
vote of the undecided before the elections
on Sunday.
Too much advertising does more harn than
good, because it causes the voters
exhaustion, even more when it is all about
vague campaign promises that lack
foundation, a local analyst said.
The attacks against the government and the
country's President Rafael Correa, who is
seeking his re-election under a new
constitutional context, were the focus of
attention to the majority of the
presidential candidates.
Correa, whom the polls have revealed as a
favourite to win in the first electoral
round on Sunday, alerted that the country's
fate, the continuation of changes or a
return to the past, will be decided in these
elections.
Only 24 months in power gave him the chance
to carry out the most important changes in
the last 50 years. The value of promises was
rescued and a new Constitution that favors
the majority was overwhelmingly approved,
the president said in his last advertising
strip.
The head of State, who was on Wednesday in
this capital, will close his campaign in
Guayaquil, a city with the largest number of
electors, considered the Social Christians'
headquarters.
One of his adversaries, ex President Lucio
Gutierrez, leader of the Sociedad Patriotica
Party (PSP) toured Guayaquil on Thursday and
will end his campaign activity in Quito.
Gutierrez has gained support in the last
week, in regions of la Sierra and Amazonia,
with promises of raising salaries, bonds for
the poor and others, according to the polls.
Santiago Perez pollster granted 17 percent
of acceptance to the ex president, placing
him in second place, after current head of
State, who garnished 50 percent of voter
intention.
Banana tycoon and presidential candidate for
Partido Renovador Institucional (PRIAN)
party Alvaro Noboa will be on Thursday in
Guayaquil's Main Port, where he will hold a
political-cultural meeting to close his
campaign.
Noboa, who is seeking to win the presidency
for the fourth time, is occupying the third
position, supported by 12 percent of the
electorate, but he claims he will win on
April 26.
The businessman toured Quito on Wednesday
and promised to raise salaries and public
assistance for the poor and eradicate
poverty.
Other candidates, as ex assembly member
Martha Roldos, of the Red Democratica
movement, and ex Deputy Carlos Gonzalez,
socialist Diego Delgado and independent
candidates Meolba Jacome and Carlos Sagnay
will also campaign in Guayaquil.
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