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Weekly Report - 04 December 2014 (WR-14-48)
ECUADOR: Referendum on indefinite re-election blocked again
Once again the national electoral council (CNE) has refused to provide the necessary forms to gather signatures for a referendum on the constitutional reforms proposed by the ruling Alianza País (AP) — which the national assembly has already started to discuss. As with the initiative of the opposition Partido Sociedad Patriótica (PSP) the CNE argues that the proponents must first obtain the approval of the constitutional court, though this time round the argument appears to be unsustainable.
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- HAITI: Political tensions rise
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