Judge Jose Luis Teran affirmed, “I don’t remember in Ecuador’s history that so many lawsuits have been filed against a bill.”

The bill, promoted by President Daniel Noboa and approved in June by the ruling majority in the National Assembly (Parliament), initially introduced as a reform to improve public procurement processes.

However, the final text included criminal, labor, financial, and judicial amendments, and even the Children’s Code, prompting a wave of challenges.

For Edwin Bedoya, president of the United Workers’ Front (FUT), the provision “opens the door to rising job, because it facilitates dismissals without just cause and erodes rights.”

Bedoya also argued that “the law dismantles the social welfare state and directly affects Ecuadorian workers.”

The CC ruled in early August to suspend this law, the Intelligence Law, and the National Solidarity Law partially.

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