Blatant interference in the judiciary. This is the biggest criticism the opposition is making of President Rafael Correa's diverse referendum, including constitutional reforms, which will be held on 7 May. So it was more than a little embarrassing when the mayor of Guayaquil, Jaime Nebot, a figurehead of the traditional opposition, almost came to blows with a judge he accused of being corrupt. This led to the unusual sight of two inveterate rivals supporting each other: Correa said he fully empathised with Nebot's frustrations about judicial corruption, as tackling it was the guiding force behind his referendum; Nebot confessed that he shared Correa's view of the judiciary albeit not his proposal for reforming it.
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