Ministers of Ecuador's cabinet handed in their resignations on Monday, a procedure which allows the president to reshuffle their posts, Tourism Minister Maria Isabel Salvador told the media.
"The heads of the 24 state portfolios presented their resignations at the request of the executive to ease the cabinet reorganization," said the minister. No resignation was irrevocable and each post will be reviewed by President Rafael Correa, she added.
The reshuffle reflects "the change that Ecuador is experiencing. It allows the president, should he decide, to redesign his ruling team, so that it can be stronger in relation to the Constituent Assembly project," said Salvador.
The party that backs President Correa won 70.14 percent of the nation's Sept. 30 Constituent Assembly vote, Ecuador's Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) said on Monday.
With 90 percent of the votes counted, no other party has more than 10 percent of the votes for seats in the 130-member body to rewrite the nation's constitution.
Immediately after the TSE announcement, Correa decided to dissolve the nation's legislature, an opposition-dominated congress which he called "corrupt and incompetent."
Correa is pushing a constitutional reform which will raise state control of the economy and reduce Congress's ability to impeach presidents.
Source: Xinhua
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