Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE) recently made a significant change by aligning the start of the electoral campaign with the date of the presidential debate, March 23. teleSUR
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00:00National Electoral Council of Ecuador modified the calendar of the second round of elections
00:14and moved forward the official start of the campaign to Sunday, March 23, the same day
00:19of the debate between the candidates.
00:22The current president of Ecuador and candidate for National Democratic Action, ADN, Daniel
00:28Novoa and the candidate of the Citizens' Revolution Movement, Luisa González, face
00:32again on Sunday in a debate for the ballotage to be held next April 13.
00:38In 2023, during the first debate, González came as a favourite after being in first place
00:44in the first round with 33.61% of the votes against Novoa's 23.47%, although it was
00:52he who ended up winning the election in the second round.
00:56On Sunday's debate, education, health and social security, crime and security, economy
01:03and employment, as well as governance, will be the issues to be discussed in the mandatory
01:08meeting.