Nuria Butiña
Nuria Butiñá | |
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in 2025 | |
| Occupation | politician |
| Political party | Citizen Revolution Movement |
Nuria Susana Butiña Martinez is an Ecuadorian politician who became a member of the National Assembly for the Guayas Province in 2025.
Life
Butiña stood for election in the Guayas Province as a Citizen Revolution Movement candidate. She was elected to the National Assembly with Walter Javier Gomez Ronquillo as her alternate.[1]
She was chosen to join the standing Commission for Food Sovereignty and Development of the Agricultural and Fisheries Sector. Janina Rizzo Alvear was the commission's President[2] and the vice president was Juan Gonzaga Salazar and the other members of the commission include Besibell Mendoza and Lorena Rosado Sánchez.[3]
Controversy
The first vice president of the National Assembly, Mishel Mancheno, forwarded an accusation that Butiña had demanded a monthly payment from one of her former staff members. The accusation had the support of six members of the assembly and it was referred to the assembly's ethics committee.[4]
During session 46 of the National Assembly, the Ethics Committee presented their report which included the recommendation that Nuria Butiña should be dismissed for receiving money.[5] Manchero presented evidence including records of bank transfers and a parallel account for salaries. Butiña said that the accusation came from a disgruntled adviser who she had sacked. 101 votes were required for her to be ejected from the assembly and the proposal attracted only 81 votes.[6]
References
- ^ "Butiña Martinez Nuria Susana". Observatorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2025-12-13. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
- ^ "¿Quién es Janina Rizzo Alvear, presidenta de la Comisión de Soberanía Alimentaria y Desarrollo del Sector Agropecuario y Pesquero?". El Universo (in Spanish). 2025-05-19. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ^ "Sesión Ordinaria N° 047". Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2025-12-11. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ^ Vélez, Alejandra (2025-08-24). "Investigación sobre Nuria Butiñá avanza en la Asamblea Nacional". El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2025-08-24. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
- ^ "Asamblea no pudo destituir a legisladora Nuria Butiñá, acusada por ADN de cobro de diezmos". El Universo (in Spanish). 2025-10-02. Archived from the original on 2025-10-10. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
- ^ "Pleno tramitó denuncia contra la asambleísta Nuria Butiñá por presunto cobro de diezmos". Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2025-10-10. Retrieved 2026-01-21.