Impacto de la Ley de Integridad Pública en la estabilidad laboral de los servidores públicos ecuatorianos

Abstract

In June 2025, the Organic Law on Public Integrity (LOIP) was passed, repealing Article 89 of the Organic Law on Public Service (LOSEP), generating a significant legal debate that affects job security. This article provides the basis for protecting due process and the defense of job stability through administrative proceedings. Its elimination reduces this power and subjects it to semiannual evaluations, which constitutes a diminution of rights. At the beginning of this investigation, twenty-six unconstitutionality claims were filed before the Constitutional Court based on violations of the principles of progressiveness, legal certainty, prohibition of arbitrariness, and non-regression. This document analyzes, from the perspective of constitutionality and comparative law, the effects of the elimination of this article in conjunction with Articles 11.8, 76, 82, 229, and 326 of the Constitution. The investigation concludes that this elimination creates significant risks of job insecurity and weakens the principle of due process for civilian personnel in the public sector.