A state of emergency was declared following Mr Villavicencio's assassination which comes as the South American country prepares to vote in its election next Sunday.
Environmental activist Andrea Gonzalez was selected by Mr Villavicencio to be his running mate in the snap election
The political party of Ecuador's assassinated presidential hopeful, Fernando Villavicencio, has picked his replacement just a week before the election.was shot dead last week after leaving a campaign eventHis Build party, or Construye in Spanish, announced on social media they had tapped Andrea Gonzalez to replace the slain candidate in the 20 August vote.
Mr Villavicencio's widow criticised the party's replacement as unlawful and said she holds the state directly responsible for her husband's murder. Veronica Sarauz told reporters:"The government still has to provide a lot of answers for everything that happened," she said, after arriving at the press conference with an armed police escort and wearing a bullet-proof vest and helmet.
Ms Sarauz described the party's decision to choose Ms Gonzalez as"arbitrary" and said it breaks a law that forbids the vice presidential candidate from stepping down.
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