After a rollercoaster week, Ecuador’s national assembly has a new president and the attorney general appears to be on borrowed time. Neither development is bad news for President Lenín Moreno whose stated commitment to combating corruption remains intact. Meanwhile, Moreno’s newly appointed transitional Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social (Cpccs), the fourth branch of government, has begun to dismantle some of the controversial coercive institutional structure erected by his predecessor Rafael Correa (2007-2017).End of preview - This article contains approximately 697 words.
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