Jorge Herrera, former president of Conaie, publicly rejected the political agreement between Correísmo and certain indigenous leaders. He stated that the signing of the pact in Chimborazo represents a break with the historical principles of the indigenous movement.
According to Herrera, the agreement with the Citizen Revolution was not consulted with the grassroots and responds solely to situational interests. He emphasized that decisions must emanate from the organized people and not from pacts between political elites.
The former leader also questioned the legitimacy of the act, pointing out that the history of indigenous resistance can't be used as electoral currency. For Herrera, these types of actions ignore the sacrifice and struggle of decades that have characterized the indigenous movement in Ecuador.
