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OSWALDO RUIZ-CHIRIBOGA to remove several high-ranking officers if there is a failure to perform the duties listed in the Constitution. Ihe removal is done through impeachment proceedings. Giving to the TCCPSC the attributions of the Parliament means that one branch of government took the powers of another branch. THE EVALUATION AND TERMINATION ATTRIBUTIONS OF THE TCCPSC Exercising its “evaluation” and "termination" attributions, the TCCPSC ceased 29 out of the 31 authorities. Table 1 lists these authorities and the branches of government they belonged to. TABLE 1 AUTHORITIES CEASED BY THE TCCPSC BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY The five members of the Judiciary Council Judiciary The nine justices of the Constitutional Court The five members of the National Electoral Council Electoral Three out of five judges of the Electoral Dispute Settlement Court The head of the Ombudsperson’s Office The head of the Superintendence of Banks and Insurances The head of the Superintendence of Companies The head of the Superintendence of Popular and Solidary Transparency and Social Control Economy The head of the Superintendence of Territorial Planning The head of the Superintendence of Control of the Market’s Power The head of the Superintendence of Communication According to question 3, the TCCPSC was supposed to evaluate all the authorities appointed by the extinct Council of Citizens’ Participation. Yet, the TCCPSC did not evaluate the head of the Office of the Comptroller General (Contraloria General del Estado). The relevance of this omission is that the Comptroller General was an “ally” of President Moreno.? Conversely, the TCCPSC did evaluate and ceased the justices of the Constitutional 8 Colectivo de Abogados por la Democracia, Judicializacién de la politica y bloqueo politico: El caso del ‘proceso’ de la Revolucién Ciudadana en Ecuador, Virgilio Hernandez Blog (30 August 2018), http://virgiliohernandez.ec/blog/2018/08/30/216/; Augusto Verduga Sanchez, + 366 *
