Dear Marina,
thanks for your question, I respond in my own name as I can't respond for the floksociety
the flok project is funded through a tripartite agreement of the Ministry of Human Talent, Senescyt (innovation secretariat) and the IAEN public university
our brief is to develop transition proposals and policy frameworks for a social knowledge economy
of course this means that we are operating in contradictory environments; it is not different from working with EU funds in the knowledge of the horrible situation that the EU imposes on Greece, or working for the Spanish govt and its EUR 600k fine for civil disobedience, or the radical anti-social oif the UK govt
the flok society can't be expected to take any positions on current controversies but as individuals we retain our freedom of speech
I'm not particularly expert on the journalistic situation here in ecuador; to the degree that the citizens mvt had to act against the oligarchic ownership of the press it would be justified ; to the degree it silences democratic critics it would be problematic
our job is to make proposals that create conditions for the flowering of open commons in every domain, which includes democratic institutions etc ..
on a personal note, having lived here for one month only, it is clear that there is a lot of democratic debate and critique, both from outside the govt and from the citizens mvt that are allied with the govt
and there is massive popular support for a got that has been the most successful in the world in reducing poverty and hence promoted the human capability to participate in a democracy, even by people who are otherwise critical of decisions like Yasuni etc ..
also it seems the indigenous segment of the population may be the most critical (although I have no poll numbers, just several conversations)