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Quito - Ecuadorian Vice
President Lenin Moreno, who exit polls say
was reelected on Sunday with President
Rafael Correa, said the new term would
witness what he called "a citizens'
revolution" in the country.
According to exit polls carried out by the
Santiago Perez company and published by
broadcaster Ecuavisa, President Correa was
reelected in one round on Sunday with 54
percent of the vote, with former president
Lucio Gutierrez trailing in second.
To win without forcing a runoff, a candidate
needed either 50 percent of the vote plus
one or at least 40 percent with a 10-point
margin over his closest competitor.
"Where there was ignorance and illiteracy,
educational facilities with state-of-the-art
technology have been built, and where
citizens were the poorest and least
protected, where there were dead people in
hospital corridors, now there is health,"
Moreno said after the election.
He added that Ecuador was experiencing a
revolution in which the guerrillas carry
education in their backpacks along with
progress, optimism, faith and hope.
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