Noboa's second urgent economic project was moved forward to the Development Commission

The Legislative Administration Council admitted for processing President Daniel Noboa's second urgent economic bill, focused on comprehensively transforming the National Public Procurement System, considered one of the most vulnerable to corrupt practices and administrative inefficiencies.

The document was submitted by the Executive on May 27, 2025, and unanimously approved by the Legislative Administration Council two days later, fulfilling all constitutional and legal requirements governing bills with urgent economic status. This institutional support clearly reflects a political will on the part of the ruling party and other blocs to address a problem that has historically hindered the country's development.

The Economic Development Commission, chaired by legislator Valentina Centeno, will be responsible for thoroughly analyzing the proposal and preparing the report for the first debate in the National Assembly Plenary. This process will be carried out within a period of ten days, as established by law, while citizens may submit comments during the first five days, thus promoting active democratic participation and greater social oversight of legislative decisions.

The Organic Law on Innovation and Strengthening of Public Management aims to address at the root the structural failures of the current public procurement system, plagued by rigidity, discretion, lack of transparency, and cost overruns, which have caused multimillion-dollar losses for the State and eroded public trust.

The bill proposes to automate controls, incorporate artificial intelligence tools, and considerably limit the discretionary powers of the National Public Procurement Service. This will prevent private interests from interfering with processes using subjective arguments. The goal is to implement a more objective, transparent, and technology-driven model, where decisions are based on auditable data and pre-established rules, eliminating the possibility of favoritism, political deals, or influence peddling.

President Noboa's approach demonstrates his commitment to a more technical, modern, and results-oriented public administration, in contrast to the clientelist and corrupt practices that characterized the recent past. This managerial vision aims to professionalize State administration and introduce an efficiency logic that responds to the challenges of the twenty-first century.

This new legislative push reinforces the vision of a more agile, digitalized State less vulnerable to systemic corruption, one of the central pillars of Daniel Noboa's mandate. Meanwhile, as the country faces economic challenges such as the fiscal deficit, public debt, and low competitiveness in government procurement, this initiative seeks to lay a stronger foundation for efficient, ethical, and internationally aligned public procurement.