Análisis del Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social en Ecuador y su impacto en la democracia desde el 2008

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Abstract:This research focuses on the role played by the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS) in Ecuadorian democracy from 2008 to 2025. It analyzes the tensions between the theoretical constitutional design and the reality of its performance. Using a mixed-methods approach, it has been shown that the CPCCS has failed to fulfill its founding purpose of removing political influence from the appointment of oversight authorities. It is also evident that the CPCCS has not succeeded in promoting the exercise of the right to citizen participation, as was its founding vision. Various resources have been used, including: review of official documents, semi-structured interviews with experts, and citizen perception surveys. The investigation concluded it is evident that the main challenge constantly faced by the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control is directly related to political co-optation by successive governments, coupled with the co-optation of the interests of Ecuador's political elites, which has undermined a theoretical proposal that could have enabled citizen participation in Ecuador's democracy.