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Xinhua | Updated: 2021-02-08 09:28 Share CLOSE Election officials count ballots after polls closed during the presidential election, in Quito, Ecuador Feb 7, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
QUITO - Polling stations in Ecuador opened at 7:00 am local time (1200 GMT) on Sunday, beginning the process that will bring in a new government and renew the National Assembly (Congress), in an election marred by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The process began after an inauguration ceremony at the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Quito, with the presence of Vice President Maria Alejandra Munoz representing President Lenin Moreno.
The president of the CNE, Diana Atamaint, inaugurated the event at the headquarters of the organization and called for peaceful elections.