Rafael Correa took power as President of the Republic of Ecuador to govern until 2017.
Correa took on his third term at the National Assembly before the heads of state of different Latin American and European countries, international delegations, assembly members, ministers, family members, and members of the governing party Alianza PAIS [1]. Correa and his Vice President Jorge Glas were sworn in before the President of the National Assembly, Gabriela Rivadeneira, on the morning of May 24, 2013.
In his inauguration speech President Rafael Correa promised to continue the social programs which his high levels of popularity have been based on. Correa emphasized that public investment will be maintained this year at 15% of the gross domestic product (GDP) to continue the social plans and the building of infrastructure.
[2]Presidente Rafael Correa Takes Office. Quito, Ecuador, May 24, 2013. Photo from the
Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador on Flickr. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
On Twitter Ecuadorians commented on the speech under the hashtag #PosesiónPresidencial [3] [es] (President takes power).
Carlos Macas (@CarlosMacas19 [4]) [es] mentioned one of the changes to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) [5] that Correa proposes [6] [es]: change the headquarters from Washington to a country in the region that has joined the American Convention on Human Rights [7] (also known as the Pact of San José).
@CarlosMacas19: [8] Rafael Correa “La sede de la CIDH tiene que estar en un País, que haya ratificado el pacto de San Jose” #PosesiónPresidencial [3] RT
@CarlosMacas19: [8] Rafael Correa “The headquarters of the IAHCR has to be in a country that has ratified the Pact of San Jose” #PosesiónPresidencial [3] RT
But lawyer and political activist Luis A. Gaibor G. (@Luisgaiborg [9]) [es] asked:
@Luisgaiborg [10]: De q sirve q #Ecuador [11] firme todos los Pactos d D. Humanos si ni siquiera se respeta el Derecho d Libertad d Expresión #PosesionPresidencial [12]
@Luisgaiborg [10]: What does it matter if #Ecuador [11] signs all the Human Rights Pacts if it doesn't even respect the Right to Freedom of Expression #PosesionPresidencial [12]
President Correa has a tense [13] [es] relationship with the media [14] in the country. In his speech he said that “the Latin American press, with honorable exceptions like always, is bad, very bad” and he claimed to be a victim of a “media lynching”. Nevertheless, as social communicator Edison Pérez (@edyelrojo) [15] [es] mentions, Correa added: “We defend the freedom of expression of all Ecuadorians and not only of certain groups”.
Luis Baque Gutiérrez (@baquelig) [16] [es] repeated the words of the president during the speech:
@baquelig [17]: #PosesiónPresidencial [3] Este ECUADOR no esta dispuesto a ser colonia de nadie. Bravo @MashiRafael [18]
@baquelig [17]: #PosesiónPresidencial [3] This ECUADOR is not ready to be anyone's colony. Bravo @MashiRafael [18]
With a more critical look, @Jose_CastroS [19] [es] from Guayaquil questioned Correa's words when he said [20] [es] that “
@Jose_CastroS [21]: que Ecuador es el paraiso ? donde deja la delincuencia, el narcotrafico , asesinatos? #PosesiónPresidencial [3]#CorreistaPendejo [22]
@Jose_CastroS [21]: so Ecuador is paradise? what about the crime, the drug trafficking, the killings? #PosesiónPresidencial [3]#CorreistaPendejo [22]
Finally, Elector Ecuador (@ElectorEcuador [23]) [es], a citizen initiative that informed voters about the election [24] candidates in the country, congratulated Correa and his vice president:
@ElectorEcuador [23]: #Ecuador [11] Felicitamos en su nuevo mandato a @MashiRafael [18] y @JorgeGlas [25] #24deMayo [26] #EleccionesEC [27] http://fb.me/1X8pM9zO4 [28]
@ElectorEcuador [23]: #Ecuador [11] We congratulate @MashiRafael [18] and @JorgeGlas [25] on their new term #24deMayo [26] #EleccionesEC [27] http://fb.me/1X8pM9zO4 [28]