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Andean Group - July 2014 (ISSN 1741-4466)

First stirrings of internal dissent for Ecuador’s Correa

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa faces an unusual challenge. His constitutional reform package, which would allow indefinite presidential election among other things, has come under fire from expected and unexpected sources. That the US-based Human Rights Watch should have criticised the reform was unsurprising and will not cause Correa any sleepless nights but criticism from within the government is of far greater concern and cannot be so easily ignored, especially when it comes from none other than the council of citizen participation and social control (Cpccs). The Cpccs is the fifth branch of government deemed to be the crowning glory of Correa’s ‘Citizens’ Revolution’ by many of those who drew up the 2008 constitution which created it.

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