Ecuador's Noboa names acting president amid campaign


FILE PHOTO: Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa speaks at an event organized by the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion, in Quito, Ecuador January 6, 2025. REUTERS/Karen Toro/File Photo

GUAYAQUIL (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa said in a decree on Tuesday that interim vice-president Cynthia Natalie Gellibert will serve as acting president from Thursday to Sunday so he can participate in campaigning for his re-election.

A debate about who would act as president if Noboa were to take time out for the campaign has made waves in Ecuador amid a long-running spat between him and elected vice-president Veronica Abad.

Gellibert was named interim vice-president on Saturday, replacing a previously-named interim.

(Reporting by Yury Garcia; Writing by Julia Symmes Cobb)

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