Ecuador Vote Count Delayed Until Wednesday as Protests Mount
- Preliminary results show Moreno with 39.1%, Lasso with 28.3%
- Runoff on April 2 could favor conservative candidate Lasso
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Ecuador’s top electoral authority will wait until Wednesday to announce whether the South American country faces a runoff presidential election, the organization’s President Juan Pablo Pozo said in a press conference.
As crowds of demonstrators gathered outside the offices of the National Electoral Council, or CNE, in Quito and other cities to demand the immediate publication of the results, Pozo told reporters "there is absolutely nothing to hide". He said that the count has slowed down because the body needs to review inconsistencies affecting 5.5% of the returns.