LatinNews Daily - 24 September 2025

*Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has signed a decree (155) incorporating changes demanded by the constitutional court for a question to be included in a referendum slated for 16 November on whether voters should decide on a constituent assembly to change the country’s 2008 constitution. On 20 September Noboa had issued a second decree (153) calling for a referendum on a constituent assembly after the top court suspended his initial decree issued on 17 September as it reviewed a handful of legal cases against it. The latest decree (155) addresses concerns raised in a 23 September decision by the top court which found that decree 153 had failed to provide sufficient clarity regarding the size of constituencies, among other concerns. However, it said that if these were addressed, legal requirements would be met for the question to be posed in the referendum. The latest decree (155) stipulates that the constituent assembly would comprise 80 members, 24 elected via a national list, 50 to represent the 24 provinces, and six to represent constituencies abroad, while the method of election will be via closed lists. The controversy over the inclusion of the question on the constituent assembly takes place amid an indefinite national strike called by the Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (Conaie) umbrella indigenous organisation in rejection of the increase in fuel prices implemented by President Noboa. Yesterday Interior Minister John Reimberg told the media that over 50 people had been arrested in relation to the accompanying protests which have particularly affected the provinces of Pichincha, Imbabura, and Cotopaxi.

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