César Díaz

He has no elected office on record and is a member of the Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia (PID) movement. He is its candidate, on list 4, for Mayor of Quito in the 29 November 2026 election.

Career

Díaz is an officer in passive military service, which he cites as his credential in security. Jorge Yunda appointed him Secretary of Security of the Quito municipality in May 2020. Elyex reports that on 8 July 2021 he said the mayor had asked for his resignation without explanation; Expreso gives his term as May 2020 to July 2021 and reports that the circumstances of his departure were not explained. Elyex says he later briefly resumed municipal security duties. He registered as PID candidate for mayor of Quito on 17 August 2026, and Primicias reports the Pichincha electoral board qualified and inscribed him in late September.

Positions

Díaz calls the security situation in Quito unsustainable, according to Expreso, and proposes activating the Metropolitan Security Council, joint action by the central government, police and municipality, and using ordinance 035-2022 to make the municipality co-responsible for controlling public space. Elyex adds his proposal of so-called polygonal security, unifying police, armed forces and municipal security under one plan, and his pledge to end the pico y placa driving restriction. Elyex says the PID is presided over by former legislator Arturo Moreno.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Elyex · Expreso · Primicias · Wikipedia (Spanish)