Muerte cruzada

Muerte cruzada (; "mutual death", lit. "crossed death") is the name given for a constitutional measure found in Article 148 of the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador.  It gives the President of the Republic the power to dissolve the National Assembly, however a new presidential and legislative election must be held within a certain amount of months afterwards. A regular election for a full four-year period of office then takes place. 

In September 2010, the Constitutional Court called it as "a checks-and-balances tool".

This measure was used once since it was created by President Guillermo Lasso in May 2023.

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Category:Politics of Ecuador