Newly elected President Daniel Noboa has given clear signs that a generational renewal is coming in Ecuadorian politics. A disruptive phenomenon that would mark before and after. The appointment of a few very young women, without much experience, in the key ministries of economy and finance, energy and mining, and at the same time the environment, would reaffirm this vision of breaking with the past.

An example of the change is that the newly elected president avoids participating in the controversies that are part of political conflicts, without adding value to governance that seeks permanent agreements instead of quarrels.

He did not come out to argue with the outgoing president regarding his statement that he will deliver the country in 2023 under better conditions than in 2021, which is truly unsustainable. Ecuador is on the verge of being considered a narco-state due to its inability to control international mafias and their accomplices in local gangs that have taken over not only prisons but also neighborhoods in coastal cities that are hostage to the so-called. vaccines”.

Nor did he dispute the blackouts caused by an alleged 17% annual increase in electricity consumption, a product of the welfare in Ecuadorian homes allegedly generated by the reactivation of the economy promoted by the deposed government. Either because there were so many presidential trips abroad to be satisfied with the paraphernalia of government, or because there was an abundance of state decorations to people without great merit, except for some honorable exceptions. Perhaps it is better that social networks took it upon themselves to censor a president who seems to live in a dystopian society (fictional reality).

(…) could be the articulator of a harmonious relationship between the executive and the legislature, for the benefit of the country…

The main problem that Noboa will have to face – apart from the very precarious security of its citizens – is related to the weak growth of the national economy for a decade, which contributes to the maintenance of endemic poverty in a country where the lack of opportunities forces many young people to migrate, without future or hope.

The good news is that the president-elect is promoting a grand governance agreement with the various factions represented in the National Assembly, AN, including the ugly Correismo. The fair distribution of the 15 legislative commissions, as well as the seven positions in the Legislative Administrative Council (CAL), will be the key to this turning point, which must respond to the principles of transparency and, even more, of the general interest.

Intensive negotiations point to a certain consensus about Henry Kronfle being the president of AN. The seasoned national PSC legislator has the skills of a good composer after traveling the winding corridors of Parliament for seven years. Together with Nobo, he could be the articulator of a harmonious relationship between the executive and the legislature, for the good of the country, the unexpected outcome of the power struggle that led to the death of the crusader.

All the more so if the plan drawn up by the millennial government envisages sending a series of emergency bills, starting with the so-called “fiscal pact” that should have a correlation with energy and the environment. (OR)