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Weekly Report - 24 October 2013 (WR-13-42)
ECUADOR: Gearing up for more elections
The national electoral council (CNE) has formally called local elections for 23 February 2014. The elections will see more than 5,500 public positions filled, including 23 provincial prefects, 221 mayors, 1,305 councillors, and 4,079 members of parish assemblies. This will provide President Rafael Correa with the opportunity to cement his control over all levels of politics in Ecuador. The election Correa would most like to win at the local level is the mayoralty of the coastal city of Guayaquil, a bastion of opposition in the hands of Jaime Nebot.
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