The National Security Law (NSL) was promulgated on August 2, 1979, was in force for 30 years and was adopted by 12 democratic governments, and was replaced by a poor copy called the Public and State Security Law, promulgated in the government of Rafael Correa , September 28, 2009.
LSN in its art. 1: “The national security of Ecuador is the responsibility of the state.” The state is a form of socio-political organization, it has 4 basic elements: government, people, territory, and it is supported by the rule of law and its organization is based on the division of powers: Executive, Legislative and Judicial. In a fit of hubris, it was said that the bourgeois revolution had surpassed Montesquieu, creating two new powers.
In the National Security Law that eliminated Correa, the President of the Republic presided over the National Security Council (Cosena), which had a general secretariat headed by an active-duty general, a permanent body reporting directly to the head of state. His task was to advise the National Security Council and facilitate its work, process the decisions of the President of the Republic, prepare national security plans and coordinate the specific activities of all national security agencies.
In the current Security Law, the Secretariat of the Security Council, the National Intelligence Directorate, the Civil Defense, the Institute for Advanced National Studies (IAEN) disappeared, turned into the center of the ideological indoctrination of the civil revolution led by the Spaniards from Podemos, and the Mobilization Directorate became the administrative unit of the Coordination Ministry of Security.
The National Security Act…had been in place for 30 years…replaced with a poor copy…
The National Intelligence Directorate was replaced by the National Intelligence Secretariat (Senain), a Creole Stasi that served to monitor, intimidate, and persecute those whom Correa considered his political opponents. The Secretariat managed a fund called “special expenses” which was intended for intelligence activities. The huge costs that have been diverted to other purposes have not yet been clarified.
The Civil Defense, an organization that worked in coordination with the police, Red Cross, firefighters and volunteers, was replaced by the National Secretariat for Risk Management, which took over all its powers, increased the number of employees with members of the ruling party, and the secretariat became a ministry.
The current Law on Security stipulates that the Minister of Coordination for Security, who no longer exists, will prepare the National Comprehensive Security Plan and hold the office of Secretary of the Security Council. The government was forced to add patches to this law.
In the face of this deliberate disaster left us by Correa’s government, it is necessary to demand that the Assembly approve the Organic Law on State Security, which has been in the archives for more than 4 years, and which contains the Law on National Defense, Internal Security and Public Order, the Intelligence System and risk management system. (OR)
Source: Eluniverso
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