Protesters and political activists gathered Monday outside the National Electoral Council headquarters in Quito to reject the nine-month provisional suspension of the Amigo movement, which prevents the organization from participating in November’s local elections. Amigo had included Citizen Revolution figures on its lists, a movement also suspended for nine months in March over alleged illicit financing in the “Caja Chica” case. Citizen Revolution activist Alexandra Guarderas asserted a state attempt to impose candidates following successive disqualifications of RC, Reto, and now Amigo. 🇪🇨 Ecuador bans AMIGO party as electoral purge deepensEcuador’s Contentious Electoral Tribunal (TCE) issued as suspension against the AMIGO political movement, disqualifying it ahead of November’s local elections. Human rights organizations also rejected the suspension, while Citizen Revolution president Gabriela Rivadeneira confirmed alliances with other parties whose names she withheld for fear of institutional reprisals.