As you know, corruption, inefficiency, and political influence have plagued Ecuador’s judiciary for years. With a popular mandate following a 2011 referendum, the administration of President Rafael Correa initiated an ambitious judicial reform process to address these chronic problems.[1] The referendum provided for the creation of a three-member ***Transitional Council of the Judiciary***, with powers to overhaul the judiciary during 18 months, and the subsequent appointment of a new five-member permanent Council of the Judiciary, which you preside, that took office in January 2013.[2]

[2]Ibid. "Ecuador has a new Council of the Judiciary for the next six years" (Ecuador tiene nuevo Consejo de la Judicatura para los próximos seis años), El Telégrafo, January 9, 2012, http://www.telegrafo.com.ec/noticias/informacion-general/ite... (accessed January 24, 2014).

Council of the Judiciary, "We did it! Accountability July 2011 - January 2013" (Cumplimos! Rendición de Cuentas Julio 2011 - Enero 2013), http://www.funcionjudicial.gob.ec/index.php/es/transparencia... (accessed January 24, 2014), pp. 88, 122-139, 167.


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Thank you Rosie.