Ecuador’s National Assembly has extended the deadline for a legislative committee examining alleged unjustified increases in the assets of mayors and prefects. The committee says it has a draft report, but is waiting for further information from public institutions before finalising its findings.
Assembly extends the committee’s reporting deadline
The National Assembly granted the Commission for Autonomous Governments and Decentralisation an additional ten days to submit its report on the fiscal review of alleged unjustified asset increases among mayors and prefects. The request was presented by the commission’s president, Cristian Benavides, who said the process requires a technical examination of information supplied by several institutions. The commission originally had 90 days. The extension does not itself establish wrongdoing: the review concerns alleged increases, and the report has not yet been presented to the plenary.
Information is being reconciled across institutions
Benavides said the commission is applying calculation formulas and criteria used by the Office of the Comptroller General, the Internal Revenue Service and other public bodies. Its task is to systematise and unify information before incorporating it into the report. The commission approved its roadmap on 8 September for reviewing 245 authorities in decentralised autonomous governments, and has since held appearances, closed sessions and requests for information. This illustrates a legislative oversight mechanism in which evidence from separate regulators is compared before conclusions are drawn.
Pending records will support the asset classifications
The commission has made additional requests because the information initially received, although extensive, did not cover everything needed for the analysis. Benavides named the Internal Revenue Service, the Council of the Judiciary and the Attorney General’s Office among the institutions still expected to respond. He said their response periods coincide with, or exceed, the time originally granted to the commission. The extra ten days are intended to complete the documentation and create a traceable basis for the report’s conclusions, including its classification or “semaforización” of the authorities’ different asset situations.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Ecuador |
| Decision | The National Assembly granted ten additional days |
| Authorities under review | 245 mayors and prefects |
| Original deadline | 90 days |
| Roadmap approved | 8 September |
| Pending institutions named | Internal Revenue Service, Council of the Judiciary and Attorney General’s Office |
The ten days will allow the commission to complete the documentation and establish a traceability of the information supporting the report’s conclusions.
WHY IT MATTERS
Public procurement integrity depends on confidence that officials’ financial circumstances can be examined through documented, traceable processes. Here, the committee says it is reconciling information from several institutions before classifying cases. The extension gives that evidence-gathering stage more time, while the allegations remain subject to the committee’s unfinished review.
Reported from eluniverso.com, 2026-09-22. The Tender Wire is published by Otnox.
