Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly referendum, 2007

A referendum on establishing a Constituent Assembly to rewrite the constitution was held in Ecuador on 15 April 2007, [ [http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Venezuela/10104351.html Gulfnews] ] although it had originally been planned for 18 March 2007. The referendum was called by President Rafael Correa on 15 January 2007. [ [http://www.mercopress.com/vernoticia.do?id=9651&formato=HTML Mercopress] [http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B876A8818-32D5-4C35-B592-CB8B4D791416%7D)&language=EN Plenglish] ] The Constituent Assembly Election was held on 30 September 2007 with Correa's PAIS Alliance taking the majority of seats. The assembly will sit for a maximum of 180 days with a possible 60-day-extension. [ [http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BE26FF842-DEBC-4DAA-A790-782C4682AE57%7D)&language=EN Plenglish] ]

On 23 January 2007, the Electoral Court decided to send the referendum call to Congress for consideration, [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/24/america/LA-GEN-Ecuador-Constitution.php IHT] ] which later approved it in a vote that was boycotted by a large number of parliamentarians. [ [http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Venezuela/10104351.html Gulfnews] ] A poll taken in January showed 70% of voters to be in favour of the proposal. [ [http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/14487 Angus-Reid] ]

The question

Voters were asked to answer yes or no to the following question::"Do you approve the convocation and installation of a plenipotentiary Constituent Assembly in accordance with the electoral statute attached hereto in order to transform the institutional framework of the state and to draw up a new constitution?" [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_6315000/6315555.stm BBC News] ]

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