New Ecuadorean
Constitution:
Paradigmatic
The new Ecuadorean
Constitution is
revolutionary,
paradigmatic and
democratic, because it
guarantees the rights of
citizens and nature,
according to Constituent
Assembly Vice President
Aminta Buenaño.
That Constitution,
approved by the
Constituent Assembly,
marks a before and
after, because if is
ratified in September
referendum, it will
establish the end of the
neoliberal model and the
beginning of a social
and solidarity system,
Buenaño pointed out.
It is a deep change for
society, because it goes
from representative
democracy to
participatory democracy,
in which the core of
everything is the
citizen, she stressed.
That is why a new power
is created, social and
transparent control, in
which individuals make
decisions and public
powers are supervised,
she told Ecuadorean
television.
Another new element,
absent in several
constitutions, is that
it includes nature's
rights, so it contains
the concept of the
Defender of the
environment, who will
oversee environmental
protection, Buenaño
said.
Regarding polemic
issues, she denied that
the Constitution will
decriminalize abortions,
and recalled that the
State guarantees and
respects life from the
moment of conception.
She added that marriage
could only take place
between men and women,
according to the final
document approved by the
Constituent Assembly.
The official also denied
that the new
Constitution hinders
freedom of expression in
the country, which is
guaranteed, providing
that citizens' rights be
respected.
Buenaño warned against
the opposition's
disagreement with change
and the new
Constitution, which it
is trying to distort to
influence the people
negatively.
Therefore, she added, a
great campaign will be
launched to publicize
the content of the
Constitution, which will
meet the demands from
most Ecuadoreans.
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