Weekly Report - 06 March 2014 (WR-14-09)

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa is determined to bounce back from electoral disappointment on 23 February by reforming the constitution to allow him to seek re-election in 2017. After his victory in presidential elections in February 2013, Correa said that he would retire from political life in 2017 and would not seek to amend the constitution in order to seek another term. The opposition cast doubt on the sincerity of this verbal commitment at the time, and Correa has decided that he was precipitate. He now believes that his Alianza País (AP)’s setback in the municipal elections leaves him with no choice but to run again in order to ensure that his ‘Citizens’ Revolution’ does not unravel.

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