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Andean Group - February 2011 (ISSN 1741-4466)
POLITICS: Power and principles come under the spotlight
“It is extremely risky; all of my credibility is on the line." This
was President Rafael Correa's disarmingly frank evaluation of a referendum he
wants in order to carry out a series of constitutional reforms. It came after
some of the founding members of his political project accused him of betraying
its core principles and making a naked power grab through his proposed reform of
the judicial system. They promised to carry out a “No" campaign if the
constitutional court gives the go-ahead to the referendum. Correa, who thrives
on polarisation, bundled these dissidents in with the traditional opposition
parties - or partidocracia as he derisively refers to them.
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