2024-07-13 20:58:54
The Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control appointed him after the 32nd extraordinary meeting. He was elected with four votes in favor, one abstention and two absences.
After 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, the Citizen Participation and Social Control Council (Cpccs) chose Ricardo Wladimir Morales Vela like new public defender. This was achieved with four votes in favour, one abstention and two absences at the end of the 32nd extraordinary session.
The president of the Cpccs, Andres Fantonistated that the competition to elect the Public Defender was stalled for two and a half years, so that authority was finally appointed after many problems. “This Cpccs has been fluid in providing answers to Ecuadorian citizens.”
According to the Cpccs, this is the highest scoring applicant who passed all stages of the public competition of opposition and merits, with Citizen oversight and challenge.
The decision of the Plenary was based on the report of theto the General Legal Coordination of the CpccsThe Resolution was approved with the favorable vote of Fantoni, the vice president Mishelle Calvache and the counselors Johanna Verdezoto and John Stephen Wardens. The counselor abstained Gonzalo Albanwho replaces the counselor Augusto Verduga due to a leave of absence. The councilors were absent Nicole Bonifaz and Yadira Saltos.
The Participation Council reported that the designation was made in compliance with the Constitution, Law and Regulations. The designation was based on the unchanging grades obtained by the applicants in the contest and in the resolution of the CPCCS of June 5, 2024, in which the appeals stage to the contest challenges.
In this Resolution, the Plenary of the CPCCS accepted thethe resignation of Rodrigo Frias Toral, disqualified Byron Guillen Zambrano, Jorge Ballesteros Ballesteros and Ines Romero Estevez. The reason: a violation of the principle of integrity was evident. As for the applicant Wilson Guillermo Ortega Caicedo a disqualification was detected for being an electoral judge.
He legal report He stated that Morales Vela, who scored 76.66/100, has no disabilities or impediments to being appointed.