The constitutional control of municipal ordinances in Ecuador.

Abstract

This article analyzes the constitutionality control carried out by municipal ordinances in Ecuador, based on the jurisprudence approved by the Constitutional Court; because, it emphasizes that the greatest number of contested and declared unconstitutional norms during the last ten years, corresponds precisely to municipal ordinances. In this sense, it is tried to determine, if the sentences emitted by the jurisdictional organ guaranteed the constitutional supremacy, and if they structurally protected the fundamental rights. A qualitative-quantitative methodology was used in the doctrinal, normative and jurisprudential analysis of the constitutional control of norms. The results show a growing participation of citizens in the planning of unconstitutional actions and the existence of anomalies in the exercise of the legislative power of municipal governments.