Overview

• The Constitutional Court provisionally suspended Decree 148 after admitting five inconstitutionality petitions and granting precautionary measures.
• President Daniel Noboa repealed 148 and signed Decree 153 to renew a popular consultation on installing a Constituent Assembly.
• The National Electoral Council opened the 2025 electoral period for a referendum that currently contains two Court‑approved questions on party financing and foreign bases.
• The electoral authority urged judges to rule swiftly on the constituent decree and has not said whether it will reconvene to address the new presidential order.
• Noboa defended his move by asserting that no organ stands above the popular will, extending his confrontation with the Constitutional Court.