Editing Dissolution of parliament (section)

== Ecuador ==
{{see also|Muerte cruzada}}

Article 148 of the [[2008 Constitution of Ecuador]] grants the president the power to dissolve the National Assembly, but only at the price of also triggering a fresh election for the president. The mechanism, known as ''muerte cruzada'' requires that a special election be held following dissolution, in which a new president and vice-president and a new National Assembly are elected. The candidates elected – to both the executive and legislative branches – then serve out the remainder of the current presidential and legislative terms.

The first and only invocation of the dissolution was during the [[2023 Ecuadorian political crisis]] when president [[Guillermo Lasso]], undergoing impeachment proceedings in the National Assembly, dissolved the legislative body. Lasso was eligible to run for re-election, but chose not to. [[Daniel Noboa]], his elected successor and the newly elected National Assembly in 2023 will serve out the rest of the term until 2025.