Campaigning in Ecuador’s presidential elections, slated for October 15, has begun amongst uncertainty and continuing political upheaval. Left-of-center lawyer León Roldós is thought to be the early frontrunner facing right-of-center Cinthya Viteriand also, perhaps, former president Lucio Gutiérrez. The latter has registered his candidacy to run despite a ruling last month by Ecuador’s electoral court that Gutiérrez would not be able to hold public office for at least two years because of campaign irregularities in 2002. If no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote in October, a second round is scheduled for November 26. Ecuador has had seven presidents in the past 10 years, with the most recent change of leader in April 2005 when former president Lucio Gutiérrez was ousted from government by Congress and replaced by an interim leader, the incumbent Alfredo Palacio.
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