Democracy and constitution in Ecuador

1. DEMOCRACY AND
CONSTITUTION
UNIT 6 WEEK 2 9TH GRADE
TEACHER: ANITA CASTELLANOS

2. DEMOCRACY
•¿What is democracy?

3. CONSTITUTION
• What is a constitution?
• What is the purpose of
having one?
• Can a constitution be
changed?

4. ECUADORIAN CONSTITUTION
The constitution that is valid nowadays is
the constitution of 2008.
The constitution is divided in Titles,
chapters and sections.
And all the laws, normatives and codes are
based on the constitution.

5. PARTS OF THE CONSTITUTION
• TITLE I: CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF THE STATE
• TITLE II: RIGHTS
• TITLE III: CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES
• TITLE IV: PARTICIPATION AND ORGANIZATION OF POWER
• TITLE V: TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE
• TITLE VI: DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE
• TITLE VII: THE GOOD WAY OF LIVING SYSTEM
• TITLE VIII: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• TITLE IX: SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION

6. PARTICIPATION AND ORGANIZATION OF POWER
• Chapter one: participation in democracy
• Chapter two: legislative branch of government
• Chapter three: executive branch of government
• Chapter four: judicial branch and indigenous justice branch of government
• Chapter five: Transparency and social control branch of government
• Chapter six: Electoral branch of government
• Chapter seven: public administration

8. PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRACY
• Article 95. Citizens, individually and collectively, shall participate as leading players in decision making,
planning and management of public affairs and in the people’s monitoring of State institutions and
society and their representatives in an ongoing process of building citizen power. Participation shall be
governed by the principles of equality, autonomy, public deliberation, respect for
differences, monitoring by the public, solidarity and interculturalism.
• The participation of citizens in all matters of public interest is a right, which shall be exercised by means
of mechanisms of representative, direct and community democracy.

9. SOURCES
• https://www.google.com/search?q=ecuadorian+constitution&safe=off&sxsrf=ALeKk02zUASVDu9XB71pAG58d
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• Classes prepared for last year
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