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POWERS OF THE ECUADORIAN STATE, THERE ARE FIVE MAIN BRAHCES OF THE STATE:,…
POWERS OF THE ECUADORIAN STATE
GOVERNMENT:
POPULATION:
TERRITORY:
SOVEREIGNTY:
BRACHES OF THE STATE
INDEPENDENT BODIES:
COUNCIL FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND SOCIAL CONTROL
THERE ARE FIVE MAIN BRAHCES OF THE STATE:
EXECUTIVE BRANCH:
LEGILATIVE BRANCH:
JUDITIAL BRANCH:
ELECTORAL FUNCTION:
TRANSPARENCY AND SOCIAL CONTROL
It's form of government represent that of a Republic, that is a form of government whose highest authority is represent by a president. And presidentialist, since it estalishes a dividion of powers between the branches and the head of the state.
Descentralized, the government acts as a facilitator.
Unitary, power exists in a sigle centre of authority.
The president is the head of government and state.
Also, Ecuador is a territory of peace, that not allows the establishements of military bases.
The territory of Ecuador constitutes a geographical and historical unit of natural, social and cultural dimensions, a legacy of our ancestors and ancestral peoples.
The Ecuadorian territory includes the continental and maritime space, the adjacent islands, the territorial sea, the Galapagos Archipelago, the soil, the underwater platform, the subsoil and the overlying continental, insular and maritime space.
The territory of Ecuador is inalienable, irreducible and inviolable. No one will attack territorial unity or promote secession.
All Ecuadorians are citizens and will enjoy the rights established in the Constitution. Ecuadorian nationality is the legal-political link of people with the State, without prejudice to their belonging to any of the indigenous nationalities that coexist in plurinational Ecuador. .The population of Ecuador is 18 million people and is divided into:
Ecuadorians by birth:
They are those people born in Ecuador, people belonging to communities, towns or nationalities recognized by Ecuador with presence in border areas.
Ecuadorians by naturalization.
People who acquire Ecuadorian nationality through naturalization are those who have obtained the naturalization letter.
Sovereignty lies in the people, whose will is the foundation of authority, and is exercised through the organs of public power and the forms of direct participation provided for in the Constitution.
CONSTITUTION: The Constitution of Ecuador of 2008, officially called the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador, is the current supreme legal norm of Ecuador.
NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL
The National Electoral Council (CNE) of the Republic of Ecuador is the highest voting body in said country. It is based in the city of Quito. It is made up of five members, chosen through a competition of merit and opposition, organized by the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control, for a period of six years, half of which must be renewed every three years. A president and a vice president are elected from among the members. The CNE enjoys complete financial and administrative autonomy. Before the promulgation of the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador, the functions of the CNE were exercised by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, an organization that disappeared after the entry into force of said Constitution.
MAIN FUNCTION: Responsible for the public administration of the state.
MADE UP OF: Presidency, Vicepresidency and ministries according to article 141 of the current constitution of Ecuador.
MAIN FUNTION: Fulfill laws and monitoring.
MADE UP OF: The National Assembly, with headquarters in Quito and is Unicameral.
MAIN FUNCTION: Administration of justice.
MADE UP OF: The National Court as a jurisdictional body; the State Attorney General's Office and the Public Defender's Office, as autonomous bodies; and the notarial service as an auxiliary body.
MAIN FUNCTION: Guarantee the excercise or political rights expressed trough sufragge, as well as those relate with the organization of citizens.
MADE UP OF: It is made up of the National Electoral Council and the Contentious Electoral Court.
MAIN FUNCTION: Control entities and organization of public sectors, and natural and legal persons of private sectors, that provide services or develop activities of public interest, so that they carry them out with responsablity, transparency and equity.
MADE UP OF:It is made up of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control, the Ombudsman's Office, the State Comptroller General's Office and the legally constituted superintendencies.
Social control must be understood as an activity of supervision, evaluation and review of the actions of the authorities. Transparency and adequate legal control of public power prevent corrupt practices and favor ethically desirable actions by authorities and citizens.
