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Andean Group - April 2011 (ISSN 1741-4466)
POLITICS: Say no and I'll go
President Rafael Correa says he will leave office if the public fails
to approve a referendum called by his government for 7 May. This is a tried and
tested formula. Correa threatened to do the same if the public failed to endorse
a new constitution in a referendum in September 2008. By turning 7 May into a
plebiscite on his own rule, Correa is effectively asking the public to accept
his judgement and not to bother debating the importance of the 10 questions in
the referendum, which range from judicial reform and penal reform to
restrictions on press ownership and banning bullfighting.
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