Ecuador Political News

AP – Controversial ballot issues now losing in Ecuador

Published

May 11, 2011

Results of Ecuador’s referendum do not reflect numbers in exit polls released over the weekend which indicated each of the ballot questions were passing:

Two controversial questions from a weekend referendum considered a key gauge of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa’s popularity may now be headed for defeat.

One question would dissolve the current judicial oversight body and overhaul it. The other would create a government panel to police the news media.

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