Ecuador’s national assembly approved in May this year an amendment to the 2009 public and state security law which authorises the armed forces, ‘for the purpose of precautelar (the word means prevent or avoid risks) internal protection, the maintenance and control of public order in citizen security, to support in a complementary manner the operations that in this matter are of the competence of the national police.’ Coordination of military intervention in ‘citizen security’ operations is entrusted to the ministers of defence and interior.End of preview - This article contains approximately 184 words.
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