Structure and selection of judges of the Constitutional Court. Decisions limited by the influence of current governments

This article analyzes the structure, powers and functions of the Constitutional Court, the highest body of constitutional control and inter-pretation in Ecuador. The purpose is to determine whether its decisions are influenced by the influence of the governments in power and the polit-ical power of the State. The methodology used corresponds to a qualitative analysis, in addition to the application of methods such as legal exegetical, case study and his-torical-legal, allowing an analysis of the relevant norms, as well as the re-alization of a comparative study against the systems of selection of judges applied by other States in Latin America. The results reflect the issuance of decisions by the CC that are generated by its structure and, above all, by the form and process of selection of the judges that comprise it. Finally, it is concluded that such incidence has been reflected in different rulings, and based on this, a change in the system of selection of judges is proposed, applying an open competition, instead of a closed one, in order to limit the influence of the government of the day on such election.