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President criticizes the Church's intervention in political campaign

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The President of the Republic, Rafael Correa, in a radio interview Scandalo in Portoviejo, lamented that the Catholic Church try to engage political campaign that revolves around the referendum to be held on 7 May. PHOTO: COURTESY


Portoviejo (Manabi) .- The President Correa said he was not surprised by the position Episcopal Conference against the referendum, because it is linked to ultra-conservative wing of the Church.


The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa said the church was opposed to the Revolution Alfarista and now makes the Civic Revolution.


The Head of State said that the Civic Revolution have the same enemies of the Revolution Alfarista, ie the Church and the press. "They're repeating the same discourse of opposition (...) I feel very badly as a Catholic that the Church does not reflect what should be," he said.


Correa said it's no surprise the position of the clergy is not surprising, because as indicated by the Episcopal Conference is dominated by the ultraconservative wing of the Church, which does not reflect what the people of Ecuador.


At the discretion of the Chief Executive, that religious body acts according to his convenience because "when it suits us all, and when they are alone they are."


Correa was critical of the manifesto that the Conference Episcopal Ecuatoriana on the referendum. The Head of State said that the referendum is a political process related to public policy, constitutional and legal and therefore it is questionable intervention of the Church.


However, Correa recalled that something similar happened in 2008 when church officials said that the Constitution was abortion, which would allow gay marriage and undermine private property arguments that were totally false.


The President also referred to Correa question five of the referendum on the restructuring of the Judicial Council in 18 months. The Head of State said that improving the judicial system does not take money, but rather a decision.


The President recalled that two years ago, the Government allocated to the Council of the Judiciary $ 90 million for the appointment of judges, but this process did not materialize. He recalled that in countries like Chile only 2% of audiences are unsuccessful, while in Ecuador only 40% is executed.