President Lenín Moreno marked one year in office on 24 May. It has been a politically tumultuous year with Moreno cutting loose from his long-serving predecessor Rafael Correa (2007-2017), rupturing the ruling left-wing Alianza País (AP), and holding a national referendum blocking Correa’s electoral comeback in 2021 and reshaping the state. In the last three weeks, one of the bodies reconceived in the referendum, the transitional Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social (Cpccs-t), has set about dismantling much of the judiciary, deemed to be partisan, fuelling fierce criticism from Correistas. Moreno, meanwhile, has reshuffled his cabinet, bringing in an economist from the private sector to “restore order” to the “parlous” public finances bequeathed by Correa.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1450 words.
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