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Perez disputes the official election results, which place him third with 19.4% of the vote, behind right-winger Guillermo Lasso, with 19.7%. Perez has claimed electoral fraud stripped him of thousands of votes, denying him the chance to face leftist first-round leader Andres Arauz in April’s run-off.
Impacts
Lasso’s decision to back out of the agreement to recount the votes will cost him in the run-off.
Perez will not endorse Arauz and many of his voters are likely to cast blank votes in the second round.
While Pachakutik’s appeal stretches beyond indigenous communities, racial identity, ideology and regional cleavages will limit its growth.
Keywords:
Ecuador,
LA/C,
politics,
social,
corruption,
election,
government,
legislation,
opposition,
party,
protest,
regional
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