The president assumed his second presidential term after exercising the position for 18 months, after former president Guillermo Lasso dissolved the Parliament. Now, Noboa will rule for four years, until May 24, 2029, in a country in violence. The ceremony was marked by the absence of all the assembly members of the Bank of the Citizen Revolution. Almost an hour before, the political movement of former president Rafael Correa announced that he would not go, considering that it was.
The president of the Legislative, Niels Olsen – Assembleist for the official movement, National Democratic Action (DNA) -, the presidential band to Daniel Noboa imposed. Representatives of 93 international delegations attended the investiture ceremony. But, the only heads of state were Dina Boluarte, from Peru, and although, upon exit, Petro said that a national dialogue is necessary and that former vice president Jorge Glas, prosecuted for several cases of corruption, is a “political prisoner.”
In a twenty -minute speech – one more extensive than last year, which lasted just seven minutes – Noboa promised to activate the economy and “fight criminals.” True to his style, he declared again that they have made the Andean country one of the most violent. “This is not a fight against common crime. It is a direct confrontation with organized criminal structures, with networks that operate inside and outside the country, with financing, weapons and clear objectives: destabilize the State,” said President.
Among his commitments again promised a “progressive reduction of homicides”, offering that he has not been able to fulfill since his previous mandate. Between January and April of this year, Ecuador registered 3,094 intentional homicides, an increase of 58% compared to the 1,951 accounted for in the same period of 2024. Even against 2023 – the most bloody year in the recent history of the country – which closed that same four -month period with 2,301 cases, the current figures point out that 2025 could become the most violent year so far.
Noboa finished his speech with a wink to his vice president, María José Pinto: “What relief to have a patriot by my side.” Former Vice President Verónica Abad should be present, but it was Cynthia Gellibert, designated by Noboa, who took her place. Last March, the Contentious Electoral Court (TCE) definitively ratified a sanction against ABAD for a very serious electoral infraction for gender political violence. As a consequence, he lost his political rights, although he was not directly dismissed.
The president did not hesitate to thank his mother and current assemblyman for DNA, political movement of the president, Anabella Azín, for returning to politics. It is the first time that a president’s mother is part of Parliament.
Noboa, 37 – son of the Bananero billionaire, Álvaro Noboa, who tried for five occasions to be president – said power after a facing the second attempt of the candidate Correísta, Luisa González. The results were overwhelming: 55.63% (5,870,618), more than one million votes above their rival.
Unlike the previous period, Noboa arrives with a strong parliamentary arm. His movement, DNA, has 66 seats and allies that, for now, assure him a majority. In fact, the presidency and first vice presidency are in the hands of the ruling party. While the second vice presidency stayed in the hands of Pachakutik. Correism was out of this equation. Now Noboa is waiting for the Assembly processing its first urgent economic project against the criminal economy.
