Ecuador Organizations to Announce Actions for Recall Against Noboa

Social organizations in Ecuador will hold a press conference today to provide updates on the status of the two recall petitions against President Daniel Noboa and to announce new mobilization actions demanding progress in the process.

Leaders of the Revoca EC citizen platform, which is driving the initiative, will address the processing of their requests for the forms needed to collect signatures—forms that the National Electoral Council (CNE) must deliver if it determines the petitions meet the legal requirements. They will also respond to the documentation submitted by the Executive Branch in defense of the president and announce actions to demand respect for citizen participation rights and democratic principles.

Two formal requests have been filed with the CNE to initiate the signature collection process for the recall mechanism established in the Constitution. The first was presented on June 9 by members of the Revoca EC platform, including lawyer Washington Andrade, activist Jorge Cárceres, and indigenous leader Leonidas Iza. A second petition was filed on June 23 by organizations including the National Union of Educators (UNE), the National Confederation of Peasant, Indigenous, and Black Organizations (Fenocin), and the Popular Front.

Proponents of both initiatives argue that the president and Vice President María José Pinto have failed to fulfill the government plan presented during the 2025 electoral campaign. Their arguments cite tax increases, elimination of fuel subsidies, economic and labor reforms, and the promotion of extractive projects questioned by indigenous and environmental groups.

The Executive Branch maintains that such initiatives respond to political motivations aimed at destabilizing the government. Noboa formally requested that the CNE reject the recall, submitting more than 14,500 pages of documentation spread across 22 boxes to demonstrate compliance with his government plan. Government Minister Nataly Morillo described the process as "the latest absurdity of the political opposition" and asserted that the requests lack sufficient grounds to activate the direct democracy mechanism.

In response, representatives of Revoca EC have requested access to the content of the documents presented by the government and questioned the Executive's attempt to sustain its defense with what they called "cardboard boxes full of lies".