Sectional elections in Ecuador: The return of Correaism and the rejection of an absent State
By Juan Francisco Camino*
The elections of local government authorities (mayors, councilors, council members, among others), of councilors of the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control, and the referendum proposed by the Ecuadorian government, held on February 5, 2023, not only represent a heavy defeat for the administration of President Guillermo Lasso and for the center-right, to which he belongs. They have also given a very clear message to the entire political class of Ecuador about what citizens expect from the State.