Assembly approves 2027 state budget with 83 votes

The Plenary of the National Assembly approved in a single debate the “Proforma of the General State Budget corresponding to the 2027 Fiscal Year and the Four-Year Budgetary Programming 2027-2030,” with 83 affirmative votes, in session 137-AN-2025-2029 on November 6, 2026. The decision was formalized in Official Letter No. AN-SG-2026-0980-O, signed by the Secretary General of the Legislature, and was published in the Ninth Supplement No. 407 of the Official Registry, corresponding to Wednesday, November 11, 2026.

The process is based on Article 295 of the Constitution of the Republic and Article 103 of the Organic Law of the Legislative Function. The Plenary accepted the report of the Permanent Specialized Commission for Economic, Productive Development and Microenterprise and approved the budgetary text, which defines the expenditure of the entire public sector for the next fiscal year and its four-year horizon.

From the presidential letter to the Plenary

The proforma reached the Assembly via Official Letter No. T.221-SGJ-26-0413, dated October 30, 2026, signed in Salinas by President Daniel Noboa Azín, in compliance with numeral 8 of Article 147 and Article 294 of the Constitution. The president submitted it, through the president of the Legislature, Mishel Andrea Mancheno Dávila, with the supporting documentation in physical and magnetic media.

The motion for approval was presented by Assemblywoman Valentina Centeno Arteaga, president of the reporting commission, via Memorandum No. AN-CDEP-2026-0311-M on November 6, 2026, under item 2 of the agenda for session 137-AN-2025-2029. The certification of the legislative process, signed by Secretary General Jorge Enrique López Terán, confirms that the approval occurred in a single debate with 83 votes in favor.

What the Plenary resolved

The approved resolution, along with the motion, establishes three mandates:

• To accept the conclusions and recommendations of the report from the Permanent Specialized Commission for Economic, Productive Development and Microenterprise.
• To approve the proforma of the 2027 General State Budget and the Four-Year Budgetary Programming 2027-2030.
• To notify the resolution and the report to President Daniel Noboa Azín and the Minister of Economic and Productive Development.

The file submitted for publication included six components: presidential official letter T.221-SGJ-26-0413, memorandum AN-CDEP-2026-0311-M, the certification of the legislative process, the proforma of the 2027 General State Budget, the articulation with the National Development Plan “Ecuador Does Not Stop 2025-2029” and the Four-Year Budgetary Programming, Strategy and Fiscal Sustainability 2027-2030.

A proforma with a prior fiscal exception

The 2027 budget was prepared under an exception to the fiscal rule regarding permanent income and expenditures. Executive Decree No. 527, dated October 29, 2026, and published in the Sixth Supplement No. 401 on October 30, 2026, declared the exceptionality to finance permanent expenditures in health, education, and justice with non-permanent income, based on the technical and legal reports of the Ministry of Economic and Productive Development.

That decree stipulated that the governing body of public finances record the exceptionality in the 2027 General State Budget and verify it through the consolidated reports of the budget pro forma and the budget liquidation. The regulation applies Article 126 of the Organic Code of Planning and Public Finances, which prohibits borrowing for permanent expenditure except for constitutional exceptions.

Official Publication and Dissemination

The legislative official letter was addressed to Martha Jaqueline Vargas Camacho, director of the Official Registry, a dependency of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador, with a copy to the president of the Assembly, Mishel Andrea Mancheno Dávila, and the Pro-General Secretary, Laura Vanessa Flores Arias. The supplement was edited as Year II, No. 407, with 1,016 pages.

The approval closes the legislative phase of the budget and enables the execution of 2027 public spending across all State entities. Institutional ceilings, planned investment, and the alignment of public policies with the current National Development Plan depend on it.

Source: Official Registry, Ninth Supplement No. 407, Wednesday, November 11, 2026 (official reference: Official Letter No. AN-SG-2026-0980-O).