Popular consultation for the FTA?

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.

• Автор: Ortiz García, Pablo (author)
• Формат: article
• Мова: spa
• Опубліковано: 2016
• Предмети: Pueblo; consulta popular; Constitución; tratado; Congreso.; people; popular referendum; Constitution; Treaty; Congress
• Онлайн доступ: https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/159