THE PRESIDENTIAL REGIME IN A POST-CONSULTATION CONTEXT A DECADE LATER TO THE CONSTITUTION OF 2008
Keywords:
Indefinite reelection, Immediate reelection, Transitional Participatory Council, Institutional restructuring, Hyper-presidential designAbstract
On the occasion of the ten years of the Constitution and the recent Referendum, held few months ago, I will focus my attention on the Executive Power and analyse which has been the impact of the questions on indefinite re-election and on the reform of the Council for Public Participation and Social Control. Regarding the first one, it is not possible to deny its positive character, but to what extent can we say the same of the immediate re-election that is contained on the Montecristi Constitution? Regarding the second question, the Transitory Council has awakened expectations and controversies; In any case, the country wants to see an institutional restructuring. In my opinion, the hyper-presidential design created by the Constitution constitutes a difficult challenge to reach an institutional democracy.
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Hernán Salgado Pesantes, “El sistema presidencial en América Latina - Del caudillismo autocrático al hiperpresidencialismo constitucional “, Corporación de Estudios y Publicaciones (CEP), Quito, 2017.
