A lawyer asked that the decree that sent Abad to Israel be declared unconstitutional
The jurist does not represent the Vice President, his claim was presented as a citizen; The topic of the Vice Presidency is included, but there is no talk of an electoral campaign.
In November 2023, the president, Daniel Noboa, designated, via Executive Decree 27, the sole function of the vice president, Verónica Abad, to be the collaborator for peace and “precaution against the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Palestine.” Since December 10, Abad has been in Tel Aviv, Israel.
This fact has brought with it such a debate that all kinds of publications circulate on social networks. For example in Facebooka publication claims that Abad’s lawyer wants to stop the restructuring of the Vice Presidency and annul her delegation as ambassador of peace so that she can return and campaign for 2025. This content is described as misleading. The person who presented the request to declare unconstitutional the decree with which Verónica Abad was sent to Israel and decree 30, with which the President ordered to restructure the Vice Presidency, is not Abad’s lawyer. She submitted her application as a citizen. Furthermore, when monitoring Verónica Abad’s X account, no publication was found with indications that she is seeking to return to campaign for elections.
On December 20, 2023, the request was presented by lawyer Gabriel Santiago Pereira Gómez, as an Ecuadorian citizen, according to the document.
Ecuador Chequea contacted Gabriel Pereira and assured that he is not Verónica Abad’s lawyer and that he does not have ties to anyone.
“I am doing this so that a legal precedent is set regarding that decree. I have no connection with Abad,” she emphasized.
For Pereira, Noboa’s decision is unconstitutional and that is why he filed a public action for unconstitutionality. This was already admitted with the case number 110-23-IN. So far, this is the only lawsuit that has been filed against decree 27.
He also requested that the unconstitutionality of Decree 30 be declared, in which the Ministry of Labor and the National Planning Secretariat are ordered to institutionally restructure the Vice Presidency.
(Screenshot of the document. http://esacc.corteconstitucional.gob.ec/storage/api/v1/10_DWL_FL/e2NhcnBldGE6J3RyYW1pdGUnLCB1dWlkOidmMmI3OTA1Zi0yM2VmLTRhMzctODBhZi0yMGRmN2JjYWQ1YjMucGRmJ30=)
“By its own rights, through which it requests that the unconstitutionality of Executive Decree No. 27, of November 24, 2023, published in the First Supplement of the Official Registry No. 458, of December 15, 2023, be declared , and Executive Decree No. 30, of November 24, 2023, published in the First Supplement of the Official Registry No. 460, of December 19, 2023,” indicates the Secretariat of the Constitutional Court.
(Screenshot of the case. https://buscador.corteconstitucional.gob.ec/buscador-externo/causa/ficha?numero=110-23-IN&contexto=CAUSA&uuid=)
The case will be analyzed by Judge Enrique Herrería Bonnet. For now, this request presented by Pereira is being processed in the Court and there is still no official statement on the matter.
Pereira’s position
In an interview in The time, Gabriel Pereira said that he hopes that the Court declares the unconstitutionality of the decree; Therefore, the Vice President would have to return to the country, and be assigned functions within the framework of her investiture.
The lawyer affirms that Decree 27, with which Abad was appointed to the position of ambassador, goes against article 144 of the Constitution.
“This decision is contrary to the will of the voters who voted for the binomial. The citizens not only voted for the president, Daniel Noboa, but for the Vice President,” he stressed.
And he said that, although the Constitutional Court resolves cases according to the order of arrival, he believes that the case should be addressed with priority because it is a current issue and that “calls into question the democratic system.”
“First time in history that a Vice President is sent outside the country when the seat of government is in Quito and he is assigned functions for which he was not elected. If the president wanted to appoint an ambassador to Israel, there are enough qualified personnel in the Foreign Ministry to carry out that position,” Pereira indicated.
In addition, he stated that the Vice President should fulfill functions consistent with her professional or academic profile. In the event that the Court declares the decree unconstitutional, Pereira hopes that Verónica Abad will return to the country and be assigned functions according to her position.
Pereira’s lawsuit also includes the request to declare the unconstitutionality of Decree 30, which ordered the institutional restructuring of the Vice Presidency by the Ministry of Labor, alleging infringement of labor rights.
Lawyer Gabriel Pereira questioned Decree 90, which limits the security of the Presidential Military House for vice presidents only when they perform duties in Ecuador. Pereira argued that, as second president, the Vice President must have the corresponding security, regardless of her geographical location.
On December 26, 2023, Noboa signed executive decree 90 with which he provided security for the Presidential Military House for him, his wife and his family. And, in the case of the vice president, Verónica Abad, her spouse and her family, the security applies only to when they are in the country.
Ecuador Chequea carried out monitoring of the Vice President Abad’s account in X and no publication was found that is related to him supposedly seeking an electoral campaign. In her publications, Verónica Abad has made known her activities in Israel and recently, she has published her wishes for happy holidays.
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2024-01-04 00:30:21
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