Lenin Moreno, presidential candidate from the ruling PAIS Alliance party, gives a speech during a campaign rally in Quito, Ecuador, February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
GUAYAQUIL/QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) - An ally of Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa and a conservative ex-banker are battling to become the next president in Sunday's election in the face of corruption scandals and a lacklustre economy.
Polls show 63-year-old former Vice President Lenin Moreno ahead, but the ruling party candidate, who has used a wheelchair since being shot during a 1998 robbery, appears to be just short of the minimum needed to win outright in the first round.
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