On Sunday, August 20, Ecuador has an appointment with a participatory democracy to elect the government that will govern the country until May 2025. On that day, the President and Vice President of the Republic will be elected and those who will make it up. the new National Assembly.

If we leave aside the race for Carondelet, which already has a wide choice of candidates, it is up to the citizens to think about the legislators with whom the new president will have to work for almost a year and a half.

Residents of the country have witnessed recent tensions between the executive and the National Assembly due to the scant or complicated representation that presidents have had in that power, along with the questionable abilities and attitudes of many who sit in the plenary session of the house and this has led to the last legislature being the government with the least popularity (the last assembly had a disapproval rate between 91% and 96%, according to various pollsters); criticized for the lack of action, agreement and commitment to solving the problems affecting the country.

Therefore, it is a very important task to analyze the options from among which new members of the assembly will be chosen, because in their positions the responsibility is to create and analyze bills, change others and supervise other powers of the state.

Preparation and experience that supports future action, their performance in previous positions -especially if they were already officials-, who sponsors them -party and art-wise, especially since in the current system voting is required by political groups (one vote for the whole plate). , be careful with ‘apparitions’ or ‘messiahs’, gender representation, among other fringes, is what must be analyzed.

It is also necessary for political groups (parties and movements) to present qualified options to citizens for performing good legislative work, so that later there is no disappointment in the voters. (OR)