now who says they had been deployed to voting centres from week, normally it would be over the weekend but they have had to beef up security, when we entered one of the voting centres, they were checking our bags, checking everybody coming in, so certainly, there is that increased presence of police, and military personnel, here in kit toe and on the coast in places, certainly that is even more security there because those are the areas that have been particularly hard hit because of violence and increased organised crime over the past few years, so that is something they are taking seriously in this vote today. polls close shortly and the real hard work begins for whoever is successful as a result of this election, considering the rise of violence, considering the political assassinations, there has not been just one, there has been several in the course of the campaign s there the course of the campaign s there
some 100,000 police and soldiers have been deployed to protect the polls. yes, the pulse of disclosed and the result should be coming through the next two hours. with this beloved security around these elections and is were going to the voting centres, checked our bags in the military is being deployed much earlier on them they would normally be involved during this selection and certainly what happened with the murder of fernando has certainly made people realise the dangers and candidates other team with bullet proof vest so they came with security details to make sure they can vote peacefully. so, it s been a new election for ecuadorians who a few years ago,
thank you so much in the women s football. hugely so, thank you so much very in the women s football. hugely so, thank you so much very much - in the women s football. hugely so, | thank you so much very much joining us. you can get all the post tournament analysis on the ecuador is choosing a new president after a campaign marred by the assassination of one of the candidates. the authorities have deployed more than 100,0000 police and soldiers to protect the vote. our south america correspondent, katy watson, has been giving us the latest from the capital, quito. yes, i was talking to a coloneljust now, who said that they had been deployed to voting centres from wednesday. normally it would only be just over the weekend, but they have had to beef up security. when we entered one of the voting centres, they were checking our bags, checking everybody coming in, so certainly there is that increased presence of police and military personnel here in quito and on the coast in places. ce