His alleged activities for the French Foreign Legion have raised concerns of Topić being a mercenary, a label that he denied.

Prior to the 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis, he was briefly nominated to serve as Minister of Security by Guillermo Lasso.

He received military training in the French Foreign Legion and claimed to have fought in Ukraine during the Russian invasion and parts of Africa and Syria.

[4] For this fact he has been accused of being a mercenary; however, he claimed to be an "elite professional soldier" and to have fought for France because he had dual Ecuadorian-French nationality, between 2006 and 2012.

[9] Lawyer and 2021 candidate Pedro José Freile was briefly announced as his running mate,[10] until the National Electoral Council ruled the 2023 election must have parity in candidacies between men and women.