La revolución ciudadana pide anular la suspension du parti au tce

Le mouvement politique Revolución Ciudadana, dirigé par l'ex-président équatorien Rafael Correa, a déclaré vendredi qu'il porterait une demande de nullité contre la décision d'un juge électoral suspendant le parti pour neuf mois, estimant que ses droits avaient été violés.

Une suspension provisoire motivée par une enquête secrète

Le juge Joaquín Viteri du Tribunal Contencieux Electoral (TCE) avait ordonné la suspension temporaire de la Revolución Ciudadana la veille, après avoir admis une plainte présentée par le procureur Général, Carlos Alarcón, qui la réclamait en raison de l'existence d'une enquête réservée contre le parti pour un supposé blanchiment de capitaux, connue sous le nom de «Petite Boîte».

However, the party's lawyer, Gabriel Rivera, has argued that the investigation is actually targeting individual members of the organization, not the party itself. «Une chose est une personne morale, ce que est la RC 5, et une autre est une personne naturelle,» he explained. «Les personnes morales ne peuvent pas être investiguées ni poursuivies pour le délit de criminalité organisée. C'est réservé aux personnes naturelles. Voilà l'atteinte au procédure, et je ne pense pas que ce soit par ignorance, mais parce qu'il le comprend très bien, mais l'applique de manière dolosé.«

Rivera also indicated that they would file a petition to revoke the decision, stating that this procedure has been commonly used by the TCE to correct errors that are clearly violative of constitutional rights.

In the context of the 'Petite Boîte' case, the Prosecutor's Office is investigating former presidential candidate Luisa González, Correa, and other members of Revolución Ciudadana, as it presumes they were receiving illicit funds from Venezuela to finance their 2023 presidential campaign.

During this investigation, former campaign chief Santiago Díaz, who was expelled from the organization after being accused of violating a minor, claimed without providing evidence that he had moved money from Venezuela to Ecuador at Correa's orders.

The Public Ministry raided the homes of González and other investigated individuals, as well as the party's headquarters.

In response to the suspension, party president Gabriela Rivadeneira described the case as 'a smokescreen' designed to divert attention and orchestrated by the government of President Daniel Noboa, which seeks to keep them out of the 2027 local elections. She announced that they would seek alternative paths, as they did in 2018 when Correa and other leaders left their previous movement, Alianza País, after a rift with then-President Lenín Moreno.

Rivadeneira also announced that they would distribute a format for complaints to their supporters, which they would submit to the TCE, demanding 'the respect for our political rights to militate and have an option that we have as citizens'. 'We will make sure that over 100,000 demands from our supporters reach the TCE,' she said, and urged them to protest daily at 5 pm outside provincial delegations of the Executive.