nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230529-231119-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230529s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230529-231119-0 doi eng 342 23 Prieto, Gustavo Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-1664-4017 Ecuador’s Mutual Death Clause Prieto, Gustavo Verfassungsblog 2023-05-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On May 17, Ecuadorian President, Guillermo Lasso, dissolved the National Assembly by activating a unique constitutional clause known as ‘mutual death’ [muerte cruzada]. Under this provision, added to Ecuador’s Constitution in 2008 but never before used, the President can dissolve the Legislative, call general elections, and rule by decree until a new Legislative and President are elected. This post details the significance of these recent events and the decision of the Constitutional Court to render the clause non-reviewable. CC BY-SA 4.0 Dissolution of Parliament Ecuadorian Constitutional Court Presidential Powers Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/ecuadors-mutual-death-clause/ raw object