El mecanismo de denuncia por corrupción, como atribución del Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social en el Ecuador, 2016 – 2017

Abstract

In 2008, at the same time the Republic Constitution was created a new function of the Estate of Right called “Citizen Participation and Social participation Council” was born. In this manner the State of Ecuador through this Council has created a channel which grants rights to Social Participation asserting popular sovereignty and giving them Constitutional Rights. The Council receives one or several Public Servers corruption acts denouncements at any Public Institution. This denounces can be presented by any natural person or Public Institution and they are investigated by a qualified organ which belongs to this Council and at its whole determines if there are any Civil, Administrative or Penal responsibility clues. The perception of the Public opinion questions the process of corruption denounces. In recent years Politics instability, a serious economics crisis and big corruption scandals have created a hostile atmosphere which spreads slowly but generally all over Ecuador. Because of this, the present investigation work analyzes this mechanism, its process and resolutions based on delivered verdicts of the Council at its whole between the years 2016 and 2017.