Overview

• The seven questions include lifting the foreign military base ban; ending public financing for political parties; reducing the number of legislators; authorizing hourly tourism contracts; permitting hotel casinos; abolishing the CPCCS; and allowing political trials of Constitutional Court judges.
• In June the National Assembly approved the amendment draft by an 82–60–6 vote, clearing a key legislative hurdle for the proposed reforms.
• The administration argues that foreign bases would bolster operations against drug gangs tied to Colombian and Mexican cartels amid a surge in violence since 2021.
• Opposition forces, led by Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana, warn that hosting foreign military installations could erode national sovereignty and note past bases failed to dismantle organized crime.
• Noboa presents the plebiscite as a direct democracy tool to reset governance structures after a prior security referendum failed to stem ongoing violence.