La acción ciudadana como derecho de participación ciudadana, en el contexto de la legislación ecuatoriana

Abstract

The present work offers an analysis regarding the right to citizen action, even though having an open and even ambiguous wording, it has been the object of null reflection by the Ecuadorian constitutional doctrine. In this regard, an examination is provided that starts from the recognition of this right as part of the exercise of participatory democracy, and active citizenship, which articulated the constituent process 2007-2008. This work precisely highlights the specific characteristics of the right to citizen action, which, although it may share many aspects in common with certain similar legal figures of comparative law (especially with Colombian "popular action"), has its own theoretical matrix and a legal aspect resulting from the characteristics of the aforementioned legislative process, which from our perspective makes necessary the promulgation of a law that regulates and clarifies certain aspects of the right in order to enable its exercise.