Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly
The Constituent Assembly of Ecuador in 2007/ 08 was convened by President of Ecuador Rafael Correa to allow a new Ecuadorian Constitution, the foundation of the country. It began and ended with referendums. The first referendum on 15 April 2007 dealt with the question whether a constituent assembly should be convened. About 80 % of voters voted "yes".
On September 30, 2007, the election of deputies of the Assembly for the first time in the Ecuadorian history, a quota law applied, according to which male and female candidates must alternate on the list of places. The resulting only last year Alianza País party of the President received 80 out of 130 seats and was thus the established parties far behind. Apart PAÍS incurred before the 2002 elections PSP parties ( about Lucio Gutiérrez ) and PRIAN received ( Alvaro Noboa ) most of domicile, namely s 18 and 8 The established parties of Ecuador gained only relatively small deputies speeds. The conservative party Partido Social Cristiano won 5 seats, the Social Democratic Izquierda Democrática and the left MPD each received three seats and one seat populist PRE addition, the indigenist movement Pachakutik ( 4), the party RED posted (by Leon Roldós ) (4) and the choice movements UN ( 2) Futuro Ya ( 1) and honradez Nacional (1, Ximena Bohórquez ) each Member.
The Assembly met in Montecristi in the Province of Manabí, the birthplace of Eloy Alfaro, together. President of the Assembly was, until June 24, 2008 Alberto Acosta ( País ), which was replaced by Fernando Cordero ( PAÍS ). On 24 July 2008, the constitution was adopted in the Constituent Assembly and accepted 28 September 2008 by referendum with over 60 % of the vote. It is the 20th Constitution of Ecuador since the country independence in 1830. She entered 20 October 2008 by the publication in the Official Gazette officially in force.
Until the constitution of the new Parliament in the National Assembly on July 31, 2009, consisting of 76 deputies Commission for Legislation of the Constituent Assembly acted as the legislative Ecuador. The National Congress had been adopted at the beginning of the session of the Constituent Assembly in a perpetual session break and, after the entry into force of the new Constitution replaced by the National Assembly.