Constitutional Court Does Not Give Way to Government Proposals to Eliminate Cpccs, Prosecute Constitutional Judges, Return of Casinos and Chemical Castration

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The Constitutional Court (CC) rejected four proposals by President Daniel Noboa seeking to eliminate the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS), allow for political trial proceedings against CC judges, return of casinos in hotels and allow chemical castration for convicted rape.

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The Constitutional Court ruled that only two of the six proposals sent by President Daniel Noboa can move forward as amendments to the Constitution: hourly work in the tourism sector—applicable only in the first employment relationship and with guarantees of rights—and the reduction of the number of assembly members, maintaining criteria of territorial and population representation. Instead, the body closed the door to the elimination of the Cou…

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Among the most relevant resolutions, the body rejected proposals to eliminate the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS), enable political trial of judges of the Constitutional Court and introduce mandatory chemical castration for convicted sex crimes.

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The Executive's proposals in constitutional matters had different resolutions in the Constitutional Court, including the political trial of judges of the Court, the reduction of the number of assemblies and the elimination of the CPCCS.