Ecuador Constitutional Court Upholds Law for Economic Development and Fiscal Sustainability after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ecuador's Constitutional Court issued its decision on 25 January 2023 in response to a bill approved in the National Assembly to repeal the Law for Economic Development and Fiscal Sustainability after the COVID-19 Pandemic, which was enacted in November 2021 without National Assembly approval (previous coverage). As previously reported, the law had urgent status, allowing it to be enacted directly by the president because the National Assembly had failed to approve, modify, or reject the law…