The presidential debate between Luisa González, candidate of Citizens’ Revolution Movement and Daniel Noboa, President and candidate of National Democratic Action, marks the beginning of the electoral campaign for the second round of elections in the Latin American country. teleSUR
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00:00Now is the time for closed questions.
00:06Let's start with the candidate Luisa González.
00:09She forms the closed question.
00:11Her time is 25 seconds.
00:13Immediately, the candidate Novoa must answer yes or no,
00:16and then I give her the turn to argue this answer.
00:19Go ahead.
00:20In this same space, Daniel, you said that all the retirees of my country
00:26were going to receive a minimum wage of 470 dollars.
00:31You said that all the pensioners were going to receive the minimum pension,
00:39470 dollars, and you didn't do it.
00:56We are going to give assistance to our pensioners.
01:01And we are going to do that through bonuses.
01:11And we have a program for that.
01:14Clearly, at this time, the candidate is annoyed.
01:19What I can say is that we are going to live in a country of dignity, justice,
01:30and attention to our pensioners,
01:33where we can help people, the elder people,
01:39so they can have a productive life with medicines of the first level,
01:44the quality, and medical attention every time they need it.
01:49So, let's move forward and not relive the past.
01:55Now, candidate González, you have 45 seconds.
01:59Do not lie, Novoa.
02:00You haven't learned anything about public administration.
02:05This has nothing to do with pensioners.
02:09You offered to our elders that they were going to receive a minimum pension of 470 dollars,
02:18and you haven't fulfilled that promise.
02:23More than 220,000 elders do not receive this.
02:31Why should they believe you now, if you already lie about that?
02:38In a minute, your answer.
02:41We are going to work comprehensively for every member of society to have their fair share,
02:49to have education, their income necessary to have medical assistance,
02:56to have transportation, and to have security as well, the security they deserve.
03:02We have put order in the public finances, which were destroyed when we arrived at the presidency.
03:11And we have increased our national reserves.
03:16We strengthened our dollarization, because with dollarization,
03:22we are going to move forward and fulfill our promises
03:28to give every Ecuadorian what they need.
03:39Candidate Novoa, you have 25 seconds.