I AM A VICTIM OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION BY ECONOMIST RAFAEL CORREA CHIEF OF STATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR
DURING A CNN PROGRAM IN SPANISH ON OCTOBER 15, ECONOMIST CARLOS MARX CARRASCO, DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, STATED THAT I AM NOT A VICTIM OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION. NEVERTHELESS, I THINK THAT ECONOMIST RAFAEL CORREA, TOGETHER WITH ECONOMIST CARLOS MARX CARRASCO, HAVE BEEN PERSECUTING ME AND CONTINUE TO PERSECUTE ME FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
THEY WANT TO COLLECT $98 MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXES FROM THE ECUADORIAN COMPANY, BANANERA NOBOA, FOR THE TAX YEAR 2005, WHILE FROM DOLE, A FOREIGN COMPANY WITH A LARGER VOLUME OF SALES AND EXPORTS THAN EXPORTADORA BANANERA NOBOA, THEY ARE ONLY COLLECTING $700,136 (150 TIMES LESS)
WHEN ECONOMIST CORREA MET WITH THE OWNER OF DOLE, A FOREIGN COMPANY, A FEW DAYS AGO, DID HE OFFER TO NOT COLLECT TAXES LIKE HE WISHES TO COLLECT TAXES FROM EXPORTADORA BANENERA NOBOA? RESPOND, PLEASE, ECONOMIST CORREA. STOP EVADING THE QUESTION. EVERY TIME ECONOMIST CARLOS MARX IS ASKED WHY HE HASN’T COLLECTED MORE FROM DOLE THAN FROM NOBOA, GIVEN IT IS A FOREIGN COMPANY THAT IS EVEN LARGER THAN EXPORTADORA BANANERA NOBOA, HE ONLY EVADES THE QUESTION. RESPOND TO THE QUESTION, PLEASE, ECONOMIST CORREA. THE PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO HEAR THE TRUTH.
I AM A VICTIM OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION, BECAUSE THE VERY SAME IRS THINKS THAT THE TAX PAYMENT DUE ON EARNED INCOME SHOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF 1% ON SALES AND IN THAT WAY THEY CHARGE IT FORWARDS. USING THAT CALCULATION, THE EXPORTADORA BANANERA NOBOA SHOULD PAY A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $2,350,000 ON SALES OF $235 MILLION FOR THE YEAR 2005, IF BUSINESS WOULD HAVE PROVEN THAT GOOD, AND NOT $98 MILLION, ACCORDING TO THE CALCULATIONS OF THE VERY SAME IRS. EXPLAIN AS WELL, HOW IN THAT SAME YEAR, DOLE PAID ONLY $700,135 AND WAS NOT AUDITED, DESPITE HAVING SOLD MORE THAN EXPORTADORA BANANERA NOBOA.
I AM A VICTIM OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION BECAUSE ECONOMIST CORREA AND ECONOMIST CARLOS MARX HAVE PREVENTED THE OPENING OF A CASE SO THAT THE COURTS OF JUSTICE WOULD DECIDE HOW MUCH EXPORTADORA BANANERA SHOULD PAY. INSTEAD, THEY PROCEEDED TO SEIZE GOODS AND IMPOSE PROHIBITIONS OF TRANSFER WITHOUT EVER HAVING ALLOWED EXPORTADORA BANANERA NOBOA TO BRING A CASE BEFORE THE COURTS IN ORDER TO SEE WHO WAS RIGHT. THEY NEVER ALLOWED BANANERA NOBOA TO DEFEND ITSELF.
I AM A VICTIM OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION BECAUSE A PROHIBITION TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN ORDERED AGAINST ME, DESPITE ALREADY HAVING MORE THAN SUFFICIENT GUARANTEES, AFTER THE SEIZURES AND THE PROHIBITIONS OF TRANSFER, IN THE CASE AGAINST BANANERA NOBOA. I THINK THAT THEY DID SO IN ORDER TO KEEP ME AS A PRISONER IN MY OWN COUNTRY AND TO LATER INVENT IN SOME WAY A WARRANT FOR MY ARREST AND TO CONTINUE TO INTIMIDATE ME. BY NOW THEY HAVE COMMITTED SO MANY CRIMES, WHY NOT ANOTHER? THEY HAVE ALREADY IMPRISONED JOURNALISTS WHO OPPOSE THE REGIME AND JUDGES WHEN THEY DON’T FIND FOR THE STATE. WHAT SENSE OF SECURITY CAN I FEEL IN ECUADOR?
I AM A VICTIM OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION BECAUSE WITH A PROHIBITION TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY THEY AIM TO PREVENT MY TRAVELING TO VISIT THE IMMIGRANT VOTERS IN THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE, CHILE ETC., DURING THE CAMPAIGN, AND IN THAT WAY TO, PUT ME, BY YET ANOTHER MEANS, AT AN ELECTORAL DISADVANTAGE IN REGARDS TO THE OTHER CANDIDATES WHO ARE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY TO CAMPAIGN OR TO HOLD INTERVIEWS WITH THE GLOBAL MEDIA.
I AM A VICTIM OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE DISCREDITED ME, WASTING ECUADORIAN MONEY ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE TELEVISION NETWORKS OF MILLIONAIRES, STATING THAT I DON’T PAY TAXES WHEN I, AS A PERSONAL TAXPAYER, AM THE LARGEST TAXPAYER IN ECUADOR, AND GRUPO NOBOA IS ONE OF THE TOP TEN TAXPAYING GROUPS, PAYING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR ON TIME.
I AM A VICTIM OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION BECAUSE ECONOMIST CARLOS MARX PERSONALLY VISITED THE JUDGES, AS IN THE CASE OF JUDGE POSLIGUA, AND ACCORDING TO JUDGE POSLIGUA, HE WAS THREATENED SO THAT HE WOULD NOT FIND FOR EXPORTADORA BANANERA NOBOA IN ANYTHING. JUDGE POSLIGUA, CARRYING THROUGH JUSTICE, GRANTED A CAUTIONARY MEASURE IN FAVOR OF BANANERA NOBOA, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY IMPRISONED.
I AM A VICTIM OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION BECAUSE ECONOMIST CARLOS MARX FABRICATED A DEBT OF $98 MILLION, AND BY REPEATING IT A THOUSAND TIMES OVER TO THE ECUADORIAN PEOPLE, HE MADE MANY OF THEM BELIEVE THAT I OWED THAT AMOUNT TO THE IRS WHEN I DID NOT OWE ANYTHING TO THE IRS FOR THE REASONS MENTIONED ABOVE.
I AM A VICTIM OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION BECAUSE ECONOMIST CARLOS MARX STATES THAT, WHENEVER I PLEASE, I CAN REGISTER AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, BUT FAILS TO EXPLAIN THAT I COULD DO SO ONLY ON THE CONDITION THAT I NEVER LEAVE THE COUNTRY AGAIN GIVEN THE PROHIBITION UPON LEAVING THAT HE, HIMSELF, HAS ORDERED. OF COURSE, I CAN REGISTER, BUT WITH MANY OF THE GOODS OF THE COMPANIES IN WHICH I WORK SEIZED, AS WELL AS THE PROHIBITION OF TRANSFER OVER OTHER GOODS, AND THE THREAT TO CARRY OUT A NEW AUDIT THAT WOULD CAUSE “THE DEBT” TO INCREASE INFINITELY, AND MANY OTHER THREATS BESIDE. RUN, JUST RUN, ATTORNEY NOBOA, IS WHAT ECONOMISTS CORREA AND CARLOS MARX THINK, BUT IT IS PROHIBITED TO BEAT CORREA IF YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN THE BUSINESSES WHERE YOU WORK AND IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR FREEDOM.
ATTORNEY ÁLVARO NOBOA
PRE-CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR,
LEADER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL RENOVATION ACTION PARTY
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