[NYTr] Ecuadoran Electoral Official Reports to Congress, Blasts Press
 
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:12:30 -0500 (CDT)

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Ecuadoran Court Discredits Press

Quito, Sep 18 (Prensa Latina) The President of the Supreme Electoral
Court (TSE) Jorge Acosta disqualified the national press on Tuesday and
reiterated that the propaganda activity in the Ecuadorian campaign for
the Constituent Assembly must remain normal.

There is not disproportion in granting advertising spaces to parties
and political movements attending the electoral campaign, highlighted
Acosta in a National TV channel.

He alerted that certain media, especially El Universo newspaper, does
not report the truth around the process previous to Sunday's 30
elections.

The TSE's leader emphasized he will present the Congress a report
monitoring the electoral propaganda that proves a slight difference of
one percent between the groups regarding propaganda.

It is not true that the governmental Movement "Pais Agreement" has 1609
TV and Radio spaces nor the Social Christian counts with 503 propaganda
guideline and the rest of the parties hardly reach one thousand,
emphasized the leader.

Acosta criticized some journalists' work and said they are very
enthusiastic when standing out or taking any information coming from
non-professionals or interested in having more TV and newspaper
coverage.

He opposes the TSE takes actions against any newspaper or journalist
since it will spend their life in a Court of justice and refuse
international observers make any denunciation against the current
electoral process.

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Ecuador Election Official Reports to Congress

Quito, Sep 18 (Prensa Latina) The president of Ecuador's Electoral
Supreme Court (TSE), Jorge Acosta, appears in Congress Tuesday to give
detailed information on the campaigns of candidates to the Constituent
Assembly.

Acosta highlighted yesterday he is to explain actions dealing with the
Law on Electoral Expense, billboards, and the Organic Law of Political
Parties.

Similarly, he will inform on the State budget for the candidates'
campaign, as well as the firms hired by the TSE to monitor publicity.

His appearance at Congress arouses expectations among congress people,
some of whom question the participation, as citizen, of President
Rafael Correa in the campaign of his movement "Alianza Pais."

Legislator Jhon Argudo, of "Izquierda Democratica," pointed out the TSE
should recover its neutrality, and Correa should not be involved in
publicity for his movement.

However, Acosta sustained there is no legislation preventing the chief
of State from doing so.

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