RESUMENEl documento revisa el ordenamiento jurídico vigente entre 1979 y 2008 y que regige en la actualidad en la República del Ecuador en relación con la destitución y enjuiciamiento político de presidentes. Además, se describen las varias ocasiones en que presidentes constitucionalmente elegidos fueron cesados de su cargo y no terminaron el mandato y se menciona un caso de enjuiciamiento político a uno de los principales mandatarios de elección popular (vicepresidente). Se proponen, con base a la jurisprudencia de las Corte Interamericana y Europea de Derechos Humanos, a doctrina y a la normativa y jurisprudencia ecuatorianas, posibles respuestas a las preguntas planteadas por la Comisión en su solicitud de opinión consultiva.
ABSTRACTThe document reviews the legal system in force between 1979 and 2008 and currently governs in the Republic of Ecuador in relation to the impeachment and political prosecution of presidents. In addition, the several occasions in which constitutionally elected presidents were dismissed from office and did not finish the mandate are described and a case of political prosecution is mentioned to one of the main leaders of popular election (vice president). They propose, based on the jurisprudence of the Inter-American and European Court of Human Rights, to Ecuadorian doctrine and legislation and jurisprudence, possible answers to the questions raised by the Commission in its request for an advisory opinion.
KEY WORDS: democracy, human rights, political trials, voting rights, Ecuadorian constitutional law.
JEL CODE/CLASIFICACIÓN JEL: D72, D71
The document reviews the legal system in force between 1979 and 2008 and currently governs in the Republic of Ecuador in relation to the impeachment and political prosecution of presidents. In addition, the several occasions in which constitutionally elected presidents were dismissed from office and did not finish the mandate are described and a case of political prosecution is mentioned to one of the main leaders of popular election (vice president). They propose, based on the jurisprudence of the Inter-American and European Court of Human Rights, to Ecuadorian doctrine and legislation and jurisprudence, possible answers to the questions raised by the Commission in its request for an advisory opinion.
KEY WORDS: democracy, human rights, political trials, voting rights, Ecuadorian constitutional law.
JEL CODE: D72, D71