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Weekly Report - 22 August 2019 (WR-19-33)

ECUADOR: Correa accused of leading criminal organisation

Ecuador’s top court, the Corte Nacional de Justicia (CNJ), has ordered the preventive detention of former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017) in connection with a corruption case. In a series of tweets from his home in Belgium, Correa accused President Lenín Moreno of orchestrating a campaign of “brutal persecution” designed to preclude his return to Ecuador to compete in presidential elections in 2021. At the same time, moves are afoot to disband another key part of Correa’s legacy: the Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social (Cpccs), the fourth branch of government, created by the constituent assembly in 2008 under Correa, which is responsible for appointing senior officials to all state and judicial institutions.

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