Quito, May 24 (EFE). – The President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, and Vice President Maria Jose Pinto were sworn in Saturday for the period 2025-2029.
Noboa anticipated that he would continue the policies of his previous mandate: “war” against organized crime, trade openness, investment, and transformation of the energy sector.
In his speech, Noboa confirmed his triumph in the last elections, where in the second round, on April 13, he defeated the opposition candidate Luisa González with 55.63% of the valid votes, who still does not accept the results and has denounced “fraud,” although she has not yet presented any consistent evidence.
Meanwhile, in his speech, Noboa lashed out at past governments, including opposition ones, which he blamed for squandering the country’s economic potential through corruption and persecuting opponents, including himself.
“This country has had governments that persecuted people, and today it has a president and a vice president who were persecuted and who are now authorities,” Noboa said.
“War” on crime
He also promised to continue the “war” against criminal gangs, which he began in January 2024 during his first term (2023-2025) and which is behind the escalation of violence in Ecuador.
“I know that my duty is not to distance myself from a conflict because it has never been resolved before (…) That is not me, that is not my DNA, that is not the “New Ecuador,” said Noboa in reference to the acronym of his party National Democratic Action, and the slogan of his government.
Noboa publicly ed the Armed Forces and the National Police in their work to confront criminal gangs, reflected in a recent controversial bill, where he proposes to have the presidential prerogative to grant early pardons to police and military officers investigated for alleged excesses and human rights violations in the context of the “internal armed conflict.”
Stepping aside from the oligarchies
Noboa, who comes from one of the wealthiest families in Ecuador, also indicated that his istration will be governed by transparency and the fight against corruption, saying he will defraud “the oligarchies that always enriched themselves at the expense of the State and all those mafias that affected the growth of young people and Ecuadorian families.”
“I know my duty is not to distance myself from a conflict because it has never been resolved (…) That is not me, that is not my DNA, that is not the ‘New Ecuador,'” Noboa said, referring to the acronym of his National Democratic Action party and the slogan of his government.
Noboa has publicly ed the Armed Forces and the National Police in their work against criminal gangs, as reflected in a recent controversial bill in which he proposes the presidential prerogative to grant early pardons to police and military officers under investigation for alleged excesses and human rights violations in the context of the “internal armed conflict.”
Noboa, who comes from one of the wealthiest families in Ecuador, also indicated that his istration will be characterized by transparency and the fight against corruption, saying that he will “defraud the oligarchies that have always enriched themselves at the expense of the state and all those mafias that have affected the growth of young people and Ecuadorian families.”
He also emphasized the need to deepen the commercial opening of the country to boost exports and facilitate the arrival of foreign investment to increase the flow of foreign exchange in the country’s economy, which contracted by 2% in 2024.
Noboa expects more jobs to be created, especially for the young population, whom he promised to continue ing with loans, internships, and other programs so that they can see a future in Ecuador without having to emigrate abroad.
Nuclear Energy Law
In of investments, he emphasized the need to diversify the energy sector to avoid a repeat of the crisis that led the country to experience more than two months of electricity rationing, with scheduled blackouts of up to fourteen hours a day, due to a severe drought that affected hydroelectric plants.
The president announced that he would present a bill for a law on nuclear energy, which could lay the foundations for this technology in the country.
He also called for the increase of the production of natural gas from the Gulf of Guayaquil with public, private, and foreign investment.
Noboa highlighted that 74 countries attended the inauguration, which he considered a sign of confidence in the country and in the security to invest with clear rules.
Among the guests were the presidents of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, and Peru, Dina Boluarte, the two countries with which Ecuador shares a land border. EFE
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