Ecuador's Lasso presents electoral fraud case to Organization of American States

The opposition candidate in Ecuador's presidential election, Guillermo Lasso, filed on Monday a case alleging electoral fraud with the Organization of American States (OAS).

Writing on Twitter, Lasso said he had filed the case due to having allegedly been the victim of electoral fraud during the second round of the country's presidential election on Sunday.

He met on Monday with the head of the OAS' Electoral Mission, former Dominican President Leonel Fernandez in Quito.

With 99.33 percent of votes counted by Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE), Lenin Moreno, from the ruling PAIS Alliance, is winning with 51.16 percent, against 48.84 percent for Lasso.

However, the latter said he could not accept the result due to evidence of "irregularities" in the vote.

"I announced to the OAS that there had been fraud in Ecuador," Lasso wrote on Twitter, adding that "a recount of votes would be the minimum needed to try and restore legitimacy to the process."

"Only the OAS and Leonel Fernandez, as leader of the mission, can save democracy in Ecuador. The OAS cannot allow someone who did not win the elections to take power. We cannot have an illegitimate government," he continued.

For Lasso, "the fraud was confirmed when the CNE took four days to give results in the first round but now did it in a few hours."

The OAS has not commented on the results but it confirmed on Twitter that its "Electoral Mission...met with Guillermo Lasso to hear his demands." Endit