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IPU PARLINE database: ECUADOR (Asamblea Nacional), Full text
Gabriela Rivadeneira (F) Notes Elected on 14 May 2013.
Mode of designation directly elected 137
27 February 1998Last updated on 6 February 2012
- 116 single-member constituencies
- one nation-wide constituency (for 15 seats)
- 3 multi-member constituencies (two seats each) for members representing Ecuadorians abroad
First-past-the-post system for 116 members.
Proportional representation system for 15 members.
In addition, six members representing Ecuadorians living abroad are elected under the majority system using multi-member constituencies.
Voting is compulsory for Ecuadorians between 18 and 65 years old. Those who do not turn out to vote may be stripped of their civil rights. Voting is optional for illiterates and those who are between 16 and 18 years old or over 65.
- Ecuadorian citizenship or, for foreign nationals, legal residence in Ecuador for at least five years
- Age: 16 or over
Disqualifications: insanity, conviction for fraud in the public sector or in connection with elections, drunkards, vagabonds and defrauders, tax evader
- Ecuadorian citizenship by birth
- membership of armed or police forces on active duty
- membership of clergy - legal representative of a foreign company
- legally recognised political parties may nominate their candidates
- independent candidates can also submit their candidature (support of 1.5% of the electorate of the constituency concerned is required)
President Rafael Correa's Movement for a Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS) and its allies increased its majority at the elections, taking 100 seats in the enlarged 137-member National Assembly. Mr. Guillermo Lasso Mendoza's Creating Opportunities Movement (CREO) came in a distant second with 11 seats, followed by the Social Christian Party (PSC)-Madera de Guerrero (MG) which took six seats. President Correa was re-elected, with over 57 per cent of votes, promising to continue his social and economic programs. His closest rival, Mr. Mendoza, garnered 22 per cent, promising to lower taxes and the privatization of state media companies.
Date of previous elections: 26 April 2009
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature: 9 May 2013
Expected date of next elections: April 2017
Names of parties in government: Movement for a Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS)
Date of the first session of the new parliament: 14 May 2013
Name of the new Speaker: Ms. Gabriela Rivadeneira (Movement for a Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS)
Round no 117 February 2013
Movement for a Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS) and its Allies
Social Christian Party (PSC) - Madera de Guerrero (MG)
Patriotic Society Party (PSA)
Pachakutik - Plurinational Union of the Left (MPD-PK)
Avanza Party
"Believing in Our People" Peninsular Movement (MPCNG)
Movement for the Democratic Integration of Carchi (MIDC)
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (PRE)
Regional Action for Equity (ARE)
845338.69%
Sources: National Assembly (08.05.2013, 01.01.2014)
http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ec/asambleistas-por-orden-alfabetico.html PRESIDENCY OF THE PARLIAMENTARY CHAMBER
- duration: 2 years (the President is eligible for re-election)
- reasons of interruption of the term: resignation, recall at the request of two-thirds of the Members of Assembly, death, dissolution of Assembly
- elected by all Members of Assembly
- any Member may be a candidate, but candidatures are usually presented by the leaders of parliamentary groups
- an absolute majority of the Members is required
- if no candidate obtains an absolute majority in the first round, a second round is held between the two candidates who received the most votes
- a Member designated by the Chamber prior to the vote presides over the Assembly during the voting
- the Director of the Preparatory Junta or the outgoing President announces the results without delay
- the Committee of the Board is regulated by the Standing Orders
- it consists of the President, the Vice-President and five Members, all of whom serve a one-year term
- it meets whenever necessary
- it assists and advises the President
- remuneration for representational duties
- refers texts to a committee for study through the intermediary of the secretariat
- authenticates the texts adopted and the records of debates with the Secretary General
- the Committee of the Board establishes the budget, then submits it to the President
- recruits, assigns and promotes staff with the Committee of the Board
· Free representation (Art. 135 of the Constitution of 10.08.1998, Art. 58 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office)
· On 1 August of the year when elections take place (constituent sitting) (Art. 4 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, Rule 4 of the Rules of Procedure)
· Validation by the National Congress only in case of challenge (Rule 30 of the Rules of Procedure)
· Procedure (Rule 30 of the Rules of Procedure)
· On the day when the legal term of the House ends, that is on 30 July of the year when elections take place, with the installation of the Preparatory Board for the next legislature (Art. 4 and 9 (2) of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, Rules 4 and 6 (2) of the Rules of Procedure)
(a)	Revocation before expiry of mandate by the electors (Art. 26, 109 to 113, and 135 (1) of the Constitution)
(b)	Definitive exclusion from Parliament by the latter: disqualification (Art. 67 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office in connection with Art. 127 and 135 (2) to (4) of the Constitution, Art. 58, and 68 to 69 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, and Rule 32 of the Rules of Procedure)
(c)	Loss of mandate by judicial decision (Art. 66 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office): final court decision, after the waiver of immunity, providing for detention
3. The other membres of the Board
· Sitting Allowance: US$ 400 per 10 days
(a)	Assistants (see also Art. 22 to 29 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, and Rules 21 to 24 of the Rules of Procedure): 8 officers for each deputy (consultants, secretaries, assistants, driver, etc.)
· The concept does exist (Art. 137 (1) of the Constitution, Art. 62 and 63 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, Rule 154 of the Rules of Procedure).
· Derogations: offence or insult (Art. 17, No. 9 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, Rule 56 of the Rules of Procedure, see Discipline)
· The concept does exist (Art. 137 (2) of the Constitution, Art. 62 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, Rule 154 of the Rules of Procedure).
· Derogations: in cases of flagrante delicto, the MPs can be arrested (Art. 137 (2) of the Constitution, Art. 62, 64, and 65 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, Rules 155 and 157 of the Rules of Procedure).
· Protection is provided from the start to the end of the mandate and does not cover judicial proceedings instituted against MPs before their election (Art. 137 (3) of the Constitution).
· Parliamentary immunity (inviolability) can be lifted (Art. 137 (2) of the Constitution):
- Competent authority: the National Congress
- Procedure (Art. 137 (2) of the Constitution, Rules 155 and 157 of the Rules of Procedure). In this case, MPs must be heard. They do not have means of appeal.
· In the event of preventive custody or imprisonment, the MPs concerned cannot be authorised to attend sittings of Parliament (see also Art. 66 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office).
· It is provided by the Instituto Centro Americano de Capacitación Empresarial, the Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales and some parties.
- Ley Orgánica de la Función Legislativa
- Reglamento Interno del Congreso
- Reglamento de las Comisiones Legislativas
· It is compulsory for MPs to be present at plenary sittings of the National Congress and of the Legislative Commissions of which they are members, as well as at committee meetings and other meetings. For leave of absence, see Art. 17, No. 15 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office and Rules 15, No. 11 and 32 (2) of the Rules of Procedure.
· Penalties foreseen in case of failure to fulfil this obligation: - Loss of sitting allowance
- Temporary replacement (Rules 32 (2) and 33 of the Rules of Procedure)
. Competent body to judge such cases / to impose penalties: the National Congress
· The rules governing discipline within Parliament are contained in Art. 17, No. 8 and 9 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, and Rules 15, No. 8 and 18, and 56 of the Rules of Procedure.
- Call to order (Rules 15, No. 18 and 56 of the Rules of Procedure)
- Warning for irrelevance (Art. 17, No. 9 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, and Rules 15, No. 18 and 56 of the Rules of Procedure)
- Withdrawal of the floor (Art. 17, No. 9 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office)
- Offence or insult (Art. 17, No. 9 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, Rule 56 of the Rules of Procedure): call to order, withdrawal of the floor
· Competent body to judge such cases/to impose penalties (Art. 17, No. 8 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, Rules 15, No. 8 of the Rules of Procedure): the President, on his own instigation or at the request of any deputy
· Procedure (Art. 17, No. 9 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, Rule 56 of the Rules of Procedure)
· This concept does not yet exist in the country's juridical system but a bill has been submitted to the National Congress (see also Art. 131, 136 of the Constitution, and Art. 21 of the Transitional Provisions thereto). See also Art. 26, 109 to 113, 135 (1), and 136 of the Constitution, and Art. 67 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office in connection with Art. 135 (2) to (4) of the Constitution, Art. 58, 68, No. 2, and 69 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, and Rules 32 and 158 of the Rules of Procedure.
- Suspension (Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure; violation of the secret)
- Loss of mandate (Art. 26, 109 to 113, and 135 (1) of the Constitution; revocation before expiry of mandate by the electors)
- Loss of mandate (Art. 67 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office in connection with Art. 135 (2) to (4) of the Constitution, Art. 58, 68, No. 2, and 69 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, and Rule 32 of the Rules of Procedure; incompatibilities)
- Loss of mandate and other sanctions (Art. 136 of the Constitution; violation of the Code of Ethics)
- Suspension, loss of mandate (incompatibilities), loss of mandate and other sanctions (violation of the Code of Ethics): the National Congress
- Loss of mandate (revocation before expiry of mandate by the electors): the electors
- Suspension (Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure)
- Loss of mandate (Art. 26, 109 to 113, and 135 (1) of the Constitution; revocation before expiry of mandate by the electors). In this case, MPs have (no) means of recourse.
- Loss of mandate (Art. 67 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office in connection with Art. 135 (2) to (4) of the Constitution, Art. 58, 68, No. 2, and 69 of the Organic Law on the Legislative Office, and Rule 32 of the Rules of Procedure; incompatibilities).
- Loss of mandate and other sanctions (Art. 136 of the Constitution, violation of the Code of Ethics).
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