00:00 We go live to Ecuador.
00:10 The president of the National Electoral Council, Diana Atamain, will surely be providing the
00:14 latest update on Sunday's elections.
00:17 We were here now, Diana Atamain, National Electoral Council president.
00:29 And we also are very thankful for the presence of the vice president of the National Electoral
00:39 Council.
00:40 And now we will hear the statements of Diana Atamain.
00:53 Ecuadorians, good afternoon.
01:02 Today's election day has come to an end.
01:08 We thank and congratulate the Ecuadorian people for coming here.
01:17 We are also very thankful and celebrate the job the military forces do today, which guarantee
01:27 security throughout the election days, guarantee that it's a peaceful day when people can go
01:36 and cast their votes peacefully.
01:41 The participation of the Ecuadorians on today's election days has been over 82%.
01:56 We would also like to highlight the presence of other political organizations with over
02:06 70% of assistance.
02:15 We would also like to inform that at 7 p.m. we'll start to announce the results of the
02:29 elections.
02:38 People come with the support of different political and social organizations.
02:48 And we invite you to keep track of this process, which will be in the same way as has been,
02:55 peacefully and with normality.
03:04 According to preliminary reports, we would also like to say that our social platforms,
03:16 especially on websites, have suffered cyber attacks, which have made the election process
03:24 more difficult.
03:29 And these attacks come from seven different countries, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Russia, Ukraine,
03:37 Indonesia and China.
03:43 Therefore, we have decided to take some measures, especially when telling the final results
03:55 of the elections, which will be transmitted through the following channels, which are
04:03 only national websites, CNN, FAP for Android cell phones, and the official accounts from
04:18 Facebook and Twitter from the National Council.
04:27 All of this will have the information live.
04:36 And we would also like to highlight that through Telegram, you can also have live statements
04:49 regarding the vote counting.
05:02 You can also follow the election results through the YouTube and Facebook accounts for the
05:08 National Electoral Council.
05:12 So like this, we conclude the election day on Ecuador's elections.
05:21 We invite you to keep track of the results of the election.
05:26 Have a good evening.
05:32 We are listening to the latest updates of Ecuador's election day.
05:44 The president of the National Electoral Council announced the end of the electoral day and
05:49 praised the work of the police and the military who safeguarded the electoral process.
05:54 The analyst in mind added that the turnout of Sunday's election was over 82 percent.
05:58 Officials said that preliminary results will begin to come in at 7 p.m. local time.
06:03 The president of the National Electoral Council also informed of cyberattacks against digital
06:07 platforms in foreign countries that hamper voting abroad.
06:11 Diana said the necessary measures have been taken to ensure the final results.
06:15 More on this and other topics in upcoming news briefs.
06:18 Stay tuned with Telesur.
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