Telematic Summons As A Solution To Procedural Delays In Ecuador

The problem that will be analyzed throughout this paper lies in the ineffectiveness with respect to the perfection of the judicial summons by conventional means a means by which the defendants are notified within a judicial process and which is indispensable for the prosecution of the case being that without complying with this stage the process cannot continue or entails irremediable nullities.In order to solve this problem in Ecuador bills have been proposed before the National Assembly of Ecuador which aim (among others) to reform the General Organic Code of Proceedings in order to implement the citation by e-mail as a means to improve the judicial citation however However with the publication of the Organic Law Reforming the Organic Code of the Judicial Function on December 8 2020 these proposals were partially accepted so throughout this manuscript we will seek to analyze this reform to review whether it solves the existing delay or if there are other means to remedy the legal problem.