President Won’t Seek Reelection in 2002
From Times Wire Reports
Ecuadorean President Gustavo Noboa, who assumed power after a 2000 military coup, said he will not seek election next year. “I am not going to be a presidential candidate,” Noboa said briefly in a television interview on Teleamazonas network.
Noboa, a 64-year old professor, was catapulted to power from the vice presidency after his predecessor, Jamil Mahuad, was ousted in a January 2000 Indian uprising backed by military officers.
It is still unclear who the presidential candidates will be in the October election.
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