Since Correa took the reins of power in 2006, the tendency has been to expand the power of the president via a social justice agenda and subjugate all the branches of government including the judicial power.

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It also "enlarges" the division of powers to include not only the traditional division between executive, legislative and judicial powers but it creates also the "Electoral power" and the "Social Control and Transparence Power".

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