Popular consultation for the FTA?

Authors

  • Pablo Ortiz García El Comercio

Keywords:

people, popular referendum, Constitution, Treaty, Congress

Abstract

By assuming a legal point of view, this article argues that the US-Andean Free Trade Agreement should not be approved by a popular referendum. According to legal doctrines and concepts, the free trade agreement is an international treaty; therefore, the people are not entitled to decide whether or not it should be approved. It is also posited that a popular referendum could become very problematic due to factors related to the educational levels of the Ecuadorian population and the political uses of the consultation.

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Author Biography

Pablo Ortiz García, El Comercio

Editorialista del diario El Comercio.

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How to Cite

Ortiz García, P. (2016). Popular consultation for the FTA?. Comentario Internacional. Journal of the Andean Center of International Studies, (6), 213–216. Retrieved from https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/159

Issue

No. 6 (2006): Luces y sombras de la negociación del TLC

Section

Central Issue

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