Fernando Balda | |
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| Born | Fernando Marcelo Balda Flores 3 August 1971 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Alma mater | University of Guayaquil |
| Occupation(s) | Politician and activist |
| Political party | PAIS Alliance (2006–2008) Patriotic Society (2008–2016) Unity, Change and Progress (since 2016) Ahead Ecuadorian Ahead (since 2018) |
| Criminal charge | Slander |
| Criminal penalty | 2 years in prison (2012–2014) |
| Criminal status | Served sentence |
Fernando Marcelo Balda Flores (born 3 August 1971) is an Ecuadorian politician.
Politics
[edit]Balda stated that he had been abducted in July 2012 in Bogotá, Colombia, to which he had fled because in 2009, he had dropped his support for the Ecuadorian government, had changed from being a member of parliament for Alianza País to an opposition member of the Patriotic Society Party,[1] and had been accused of involvement in a failed coup in 2010.[2][3] Balda was deported from Colombia to Ecuador in October 2012 to serve a prison sentence.[4] As of 2019, Ecuador is asking for its former president Rafael Correa to be extradited from Belgium for involvement in the purported abduction.[5][6]
Balda signed the Madrid Charter, a document drafted by the right-wing Spanish party Vox that describes left-wing groups as enemies of Ibero-America involved in a "criminal project" that are "under the umbrella of the Cuban regime".[7]
Sofía Espín who was a delegate for the Citizen Revolution, visited, Jéssica Falcón, a person in prison who was involved with the kidnap of Balda.[8] It was said that she and lawyer, Yadira Cadena, made an offer of legal assistance, money and political asylum, in Belgium, to Balda is she was willing to retract her evidence in the Balda case. Espin was investigated and dismissed from the National Assembly in November 2018 with a majority of 94 votes.[9] Espin herself went into exile.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Balda is married and has four children.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Fernando Balda responde al comandante de la Policía y afirma que extenderá un llamado judicial en su contra, Narcisa Rendón, El Comercio, 28 de julio de 2015
- ^ Así se transformó Fernando Balda de seguidor de Rafael Correa a acusador, El Universo, 3 July 2018 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Secuestro de un opositor ecuatoriano en Cedritos: la verdadera historia, Semana, 6 June 2018 (in Spanish)
- ^ Así se transformó Fernando Balda de seguidor de Rafael Correa a acusador, El Universo, 3 July 2018 (in Spanish)
- ^ Difusión roja y extradición de Rafael Correa, atadas a la Corte Nacional de Justicia Política, El Universo, 5 July 2018 (in Spanish)
- ^ Ecuador court orders ex-president Correa's arrest, BBC, 4 July 2018
- ^ "Carta de Madrid". Fundación Disenso (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Funcionarios destituidos, entre los asambleístas que iniciarán funciones este viernes 14 de mayo". El Universo (in Spanish). 13 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Juez confirma la orden de prisión preventiva contra exasambleísta Sofía Espín". El Universo (in Spanish). 23 January 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ Telégrafo, El (20 March 2019). "Fiscalía plantea pena más baja para Espín". El Telégrafo (in European Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2022.