Weekly Report - 29 November 2007 (ISSN 1741-7422)

Against a backdrop of violence which saw at least four dead and 130 injured, on 24 November, delegates from the ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) pushed a draft of the new constitution through the constituent assembly. Given the obvious incongruity of a democratic charter being approved under military guard, with many regulations flouted and key issues omitted, the opposition has been quick to challenge the legality of the new constitution. It condemned the process of its approval, however, rather than its content.