🚨 ADN Candidate Asked a Girl to Lift Her Dress in Exchange for a Gift in Ecuador

🇪🇨 Roberta Zambrano, a mayoral candidate for Esmeraldas running for the National Democratic Action (ADN) party—the ruling party of President Daniel Noboa—was recorded during a campaign tour ahead of the November 29, 2026, local elections. In the video, she can be heard telling a minor: “Show me the tip, the tip.”

⚖️ Attorney Sybel Martínez warned that this behavior normalizes the violation of rights and called on the Ombudsman’s Office and the National Electoral Council (CNE) to take action on their own initiative. “Children are not electoral props,” stated attorney Belén López. Article 52 of the Children’s Code prohibits the use of children in political campaigning.

📢 The Kilomberas collective denounced that these incidents expose “violence, racism, exclusion, and state neglect” against racialized and impoverished children.