Daniel Noboa is accused by the National Assembly of committing an unconstitutionality

2024-08-21 20:09:09

National Assembly denounces unconstitutionality of President Daniel Noboa’s law.

Through a statement issued by the National Assembly This Friday, July 19, 2024, he mentioned that the Presidency of the Republic commits an unconstitutionality.

The National Assembly approved the draft in the second debate Reform Law to the Laws of the IESS and BIESS. The President of the Republic partially vetoed this project for unconstitutionality on April 12, 2024.

Subsequently, on May 21, 2024, the Constitutional Court sent the corresponding opinion to the National Assembly, granting it a period of 30 days for your treatment.

On June 21, 2024, the National Assembly sent the final text of the project to the Executive for its approval and publication in the Official Registry, in accordance with the Articles 139 and 147, paragraph 12of the Constitution of the Republic.

However, the Presidency of the Republicin an act described as unconstitutional, recognized in the text sent the obligation to sanction and publish the law, but did not do so. Instead, sent a new objection to the projectflagrantly violating the aforementioned constitutional articles and assuming inappropriate functions.

The National Assembly, in the face of this violation of the Constitution, He denounced this act of the Presidency as unconstitutional.He stressed that the Executive must comply with the sanction and publication of the law in the Official Register.

The Assembly demands the President of the Republic respect constitutional procedures and refrain fromto assume competences that do not correspond to him.

Response from the Presidency to the National Assembly

The General Secretariat of Communication of the Presidency issued an official statement in response to the National Assembly.

In the statement, the Presidency states: having acted responsibly and respect for the Constitution resubmit a partial objection for unconstitutionality and partial objection due to inconvenience to the project of Reform Law to the Social Security Law and the Law of the Bank of the Ecuadorian Social Security InstitutePresident Daniel Noboa Azín justified this new objection by pointing out that, although the National Assembly corrected the text of the projectthis still contains unconstitutionalities. According to the statement, the new text presents an unconstitutionality in article 7, which contravenes the Constitution and would undermine the right to legal certaintyin addition to generating a risk to the sustainability of public finances. A risk was also identified error in article 9 that would cause a legal antinomywhich is inconvenient.

Source: EL COMERCIO