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Weekly Report - 20 August 2009 (WR-09-33)
ECUADOR: Correa wants Revolutionary Defence Committees
A week after he was inaugurated for a fresh term in office, President
Rafael Correa appeared to explain what he meant by the “radicalisation" of his
citizen's revolution. Speaking on his weekend news broadcast, Correa defended
his decision days earlier to call for the creation of “defence committees of the
citizen's revolution". He said they were needed to combat the threat posed by
powerful groups intent on destabilising his government.
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